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The Fonte surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,631 people carried this name — #17,331 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,532 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 390 people named Fonte live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 306
City of Buenos Aires 46
La Pampa 25
Río Negro 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 188 people named Fonte.

53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Aisne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 53
Aisne 44
Marne 17
Essonne 10
Hérault 9
Alpes-Maritimes 9
Ariège 6
Paris 6
Loiret 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

33 people named Fonte live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 10
Aargau 7
Fribourg 6
Graubünden 6
Ticino 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Fonte,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Moderata Fonte
    Moderata Fonte 1555–1592 · writer
  • Júlio Dantas
    Júlio Dantas 1876–1962 · writer
  • Júlio Dantas
    Júlio Dantas 1876–1962 · writer
  • Daniel Fonte 1946– · politician
  • Renata Fonte 1951–1984 · politician
  • Ramiro Fonte 1957–2008 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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