de La Fuente Surname

13,536th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

de La Fuente Surname Definition:

"Fuentes" comes from the latin "fons" and refers to a place where water comes out.

Fuente, very common Spanish name with numerous bearers not related.

See Fontana, Fuentes.

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de La Fuente Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain28,6261:1,633186
Mexico21,6831:5,725711
Chile6,4261:2,741450
Argentina5,7841:7,390743
United States1,2501:289,96726,916
Philippines1,2311:82,24114,241
Bolivia9781:10,8551,156
Cuba7611:15,1421,073
Peru6471:49,1254,211
Uruguay3401:10,0931,139
Brazil2791:767,29227,911
Dominican Republic1931:54,0572,726
Belize1871:1,901432
Netherlands1781:94,87215,531
Ecuador1691:94,1176,059
Venezuela1371:220,4685,746
Suriname1151:4,8051,070
England1131:493,08031,588
Guatemala931:172,9323,582
Canada871:423,51337,101
Switzerland851:96,62310,422
Australia791:341,71828,950
Portugal661:157,8526,835
France631:1,054,329115,549
Luxembourg581:10,0091,703
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
Costa Rica521:91,9241,623
Panama471:83,2403,379
Belgium331:348,38338,592
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Paraguay111:657,8867,708
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Puerto Rico71:507,1633,435
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
El Salvador41:1,585,9724,802
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
China21:683,660,78330,601
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

The alternate forms: de La Fuentè (1) & de La Fuenté (1) are calculated separately.

de La Fuente Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

"Fuentes" comes from the latin "fons" and refers to a place where water comes out.

Fuente, very common Spanish name with numerous bearers not related.

See Fontana, Fuentes.

— Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

A Spanish surname meaning 'of the fountain'.

- miwasatoshi
DNA test information
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de La Fuente Demographics

Average de La Fuente Salary in
United States

$51,349 USD

Per year
Rank:
369,621 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000193872
Rank: 43,570 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
119%
Sample size: 322 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de La Fuente Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Fuente Come From? nationality or country of origin

de La Fuente is carried by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: de La Fuentè or de La Fuenté. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Fuente? popularity and diffusion

It is the 13,536th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 176,629 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of de La Fuente reside; 70 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

de La Fuente is most frequently held in Spain, where it is held by 28,626 people, or 1 in 1,633. In Spain de La Fuente is mostly concentrated in: Madrid, where 25 percent live, Castile and León, where 22 percent live and Catalonia, where 8 percent live. Excluding Spain it exists in 71 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 53 percent live and Chile, where 16 percent live.

de La Fuente Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de La Fuente has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,767 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de La Fuente Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Fuente earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 52.51% more than the national average, earning €45,799 per year; in Peru they earn 109.65% more than the national average, earning S/. 40,640 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.83% less than the national average, earning $18,427,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 19% more than the national average, earning $51,349 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.2% less than the national average, earning $44,120 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de La Fuentè971/
de La Fuenté971/
de La Fuentes96125/
de La Fuentte961/
de La Fente961/
de las Fuentes92292/
de La Feunte924/
de La Fuenta923/
de La Vente873/
De-La-Fuente8325,966/

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