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The Fonti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 315 people carried this name — #63,373 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 18% from 268 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 163 people named Fonti 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 53
Santa Fe 47
Córdoba 43
City of Buenos Aires 20

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

105 people named Fonti live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 53
Aargau 10
Zurich 9
Geneva 8
Basel-Landschaft 6
Vaud 5
St. Gallen 4
Bern 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.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Fonti.

Most of them — 37 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Gard.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Gard 7
Alpes-Maritimes 3
Isère 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Vosges 2
Essonne 2
Val-de-Marne 2
Corsica 1

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

Who carried it

People named Fonti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Isidoro Fonti 1846–1911
  • Ovidio Fonti 1878–1944
  • Ethel R. Fonti 1943–2020
  • Francesco Fonti 1948–2012 · pentito
  • Alessandro Fonti 1951– · historian
  • Daniela Fonti 1960– · art historian

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

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Surnames next to Fonti.

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