Last Name FOUNTAIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: At the fountain, from residence thereby. Assumed on account of residence near a spring or well. Originally De Fonte or De Fontibus (Fountain), from the springs or fountains near which they resided.

Origin	English, Scottish, French, Irish, Falkland

Rank	1,720 (2000 US census)	1,409 (1990 US census)

Count	19,094 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

64.97%, or 12405 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
31.06%, or 5931 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 78 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.52%, or 99 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.63%, or 311 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.41%, or 269 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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