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 Male Fountain Height
176.33 cm
Average Female Fountain Height
162.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Fountain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fountain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fountain (Arabic: فونتن) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fountain? popularity and diffusion
It is the 16,608th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 218,177 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Fountain reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Fountain is also the 272,088th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 892 people.
The last name Fountain is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 25,059 people, or 1 in 14,464. In The United States Fountain is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States Fountain occurs in 72 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Fountain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fountain has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 555 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 553 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 988 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Fountain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Fountain last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Fountain last name are 10.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.52% being 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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