Fountain Surname
Approximately 33,402 people bear this surname
Fountain Surname Definition:
Local. There is a Fountain in Midlothian and Fountainhall in East Lothian. Edward Fountain of Loch-hill, sometime master of the revels, n.d. (Nisbet, I, p. 219.) There is a Lochhill near Longniddiy, East Lothian.
Fountain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,059 | 1:14,464 | 1,815 |
| England | 4,256 | 1:13,092 | 1,931 |
| Australia | 1,353 | 1:19,952 | 2,764 |
| Canada | 1,144 | 1:32,208 | 4,182 |
| Bahamas | 358 | 1:1,094 | 208 |
| New Zealand | 327 | 1:13,848 | 2,406 |
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| South Africa | 134 | 1:404,311 | 35,545 |
| Scotland | 94 | 1:56,956 | 4,742 |
| Wales | 79 | 1:39,171 | 3,833 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 1:75,776 | 5,658 |
| Bermuda | 17 | 1:3,840 | 587 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Dominica | 3 | 1:25,297 | 621 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,031 | 1:12,002 | 1,823 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:220,189 | 7,953 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,514 | 1:11,125 | 1,446 |
Fountain (892) may also be a first name.
Fountain Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Local. There is a Fountain in Midlothian and Fountainhall in East Lothian. Edward Fountain of Loch-hill, sometime master of the revels, n.d. (Nisbet, I, p. 219.) There is a Lochhill near Longniddiy, East Lothian.
(French) Dweller at, or near, a spouting spring.
From residence near one-like the French De la Fontaine.
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.
See Fountaine. These names comprise the descendants not only of the family of De Fonte, but of that of De Fontibus of Normandy, of whom Gonduin, Gervase, and others were living 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); when Roger and Reginald de Fontibus were of England (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
From the French, Fontaine; a Huguenot name.
Fountain or Fountains is another old Bucks name. John Fountaine, gent, of this county, contributed £25 to the fund collected for his country's defence at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). The rector of Little Woolston in 1649 was also called John Fountaine. An old family of the name long resided in Stoke Hammond, several of the members being buried in the church between 1650 and 1709 (Lips.); the name is still represented in that parish.
Fountain Demographics
Average Fountain Salary in
United States
$38,614 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fountain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fountain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fountain (Arabic: فونتن) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fountain? popularity and diffusion
Fountain is the 16,608th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 218,177 people. The last name Fountain occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Fountain are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Fountain is also the 272,088th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 892 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 25,059 people, or 1 in 14,464. In The United States Fountain is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 72 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Fountain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fountain has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fountain last name increased 555 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 553 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 988 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Fountain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Fountain last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Fountain are 10.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.52% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Fountain earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.23% more than the national average, earning R 314,220 per year; in United States they earn 10.51% less than the national average, earning $38,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.09% more than the national average, earning $51,220 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fountain Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fountain in the Arabic language | ||
| فونتن | fwntn | - |
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