The Fuentes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 81,006 people carried this name — #394 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,640 people counted. That is up 44% from 56,441 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fuentes surname
From fuente (“spring, fountain”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fuentes» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 39,376 people named Fuentes 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 mapWhere they live today
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 1,177 people named Fuentes.
579 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
411 people named Fuentes live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 the Nordic population registers
181 people named Fuentes are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Fuentes in American newspapers,
1762–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 69,870 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fuentes.
- Frumin 103 · U.S. census
- Frutos 1,390 · U.S. census
- Fry 38,029 · U.S. census
- Frydman 310 · U.S. census
- Fuchs 12,958 · U.S. census
- Fuente 629 · U.S. census
- Fuertes 994 · U.S. census
- Fuger 168 · U.S. census
- Fugere 806 · U.S. census
- Fuhrer 1,281 · U.S. census
- Fuhrmann 1,951 · U.S. census
- Fuhs 897 · U.S. census
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