The Fontenot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,035 people carried this name — #1,792 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 19,203 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Fontenot surname

A surname from French.

Borrowed from French Fontenot.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fontenot» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Fontenot in American newspapers,
1911–1929.

Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Fontenot
Springfield Weekly Republican 1929-01-03
Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Fontenot
The Pensacola Journal 1911-10-28
Newspaper page from The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel carrying the name Fontenot
The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel 1924-04-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,298 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fontenot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Nathan Fontenot 1939–2020

Wikidata (CC0) · 20 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fontenot,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States545 records

545 records of the Fontenot name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 403
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 135
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leroy Fontenot

    Born 1922 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Lafayette; farmer. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1999, buried at Ortego's Cemetery, Mamou, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gary Paul Fontenot

    Born 1946; from Ville Platte, Louisiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Larry G. Fontenot

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1951, died 2001; buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 545 records for Fontenot in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Fontenot name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Firmin Louis Fontenot

    Born 1927 in Saint-Mesmin (Vendée); died 1975 in Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andre Pierre Fontenot

    Born 1930 in Rochefort (Charente-Maritime); died 1988 in Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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