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The Fontes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,478 people carried this name — #7,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 19% from 3,751 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 803 people named Fontes.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Haute-Garonne 209
Aude 107
Hérault 85
Tarn 84
Lot-et-Garonne 44
Paris 30
Haute-Loire 28
Aveyron 22

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 420 people named Fontes 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 241
City of Buenos Aires 82
Corrientes 56
Mendoza 17
Córdoba 14
Tierra del Fuego 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

279 people named Fontes live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 63
Geneva 38
Neuchâtel 31
Ticino 26
Zurich 20
Valais 19
Thurgau 18
Fribourg 17

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.

In print

Fontes in American newspapers,
1856–1944.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-Rico carrying the name Fontes
Gazeta De Puerto-Rico 1856-09-09
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Fontes
La Prensa 1920-06-29
Newspaper page from La OpinióN carrying the name Fontes
La OpinióN 1930-11-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 674,287 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fontes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fontes Pereira de Melo
    Fontes Pereira de Melo 1819–1887 · military personnel
  • Hermes Fontes
    Hermes Fontes 1888–1930 · writer
  • Lourival Fontes
    Lourival Fontes 1899–1967 · politician
  • Ofélia Fontes
    Ofélia Fontes 1902–1986 · writer
  • Luis Fontés
    Luis Fontés 1912–1940 · aircraft pilot

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 65 lives in all are documented under this name.

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