Fuentes Surname

584th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 931,630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Chile

Fuentes Surname Definition:

One who came from Fuentes or Fuente (fountain; spring), the name of many places in Spain; dweller near a spring.

Derives from the latin "fons" meaning "a spring."

Of French origin and found principally in Leon, Asturias, Castile, La Rioja, Burgos, Alava, Cuenca, Santander, and many other places in Spain.

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Fuentes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico210,3401:59090
Chile113,6031:15515
Philippines71,7991:1,41082
United States69,7951:5,193590
Spain67,3601:69464
Colombia61,1251:782165
Guatemala57,6131:27945
Venezuela51,7601:584116
Cuba35,9061:32153
El Salvador33,8171:18844
Argentina33,6771:1,269179
Honduras29,5671:29862
Peru24,3361:1,306203
Bolivia17,8551:595124
Ecuador12,8121:1,241218
Panama7,8701:497102
Costa Rica7,7061:620148
Nicaragua7,1481:842177
Uruguay3,4391:998108
Brazil2,9141:73,4642,739
Puerto Rico2,6571:1,336167
Dominican Republic2,4571:4,246468
Saudi Arabia1,0731:28,7574,075
Canada9191:40,0935,006
France5821:114,12817,153
Australia3421:78,9359,205
England2951:188,87516,792
Switzerland2621:31,3474,676
Belize2471:1,439331
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Germany1971:408,65737,472
Trinidad and Tobago1851:7,3731,102
Singapore1541:35,7641,284
Portugal1421:73,3683,778
Belgium1411:81,53612,817
Thailand1281:551,86294,667
Italy1271:481,54949,699
Netherlands1051:160,83023,699
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
Sweden821:120,0828,566
Japan751:1,704,59125,810
Paraguay721:100,5102,345
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
Aruba421:2,464355
Norway371:138,98117,684
Austria291:293,63633,260
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Taiwan281:837,3125,934
Ireland271:174,4057,679
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Luxembourg221:26,3884,799
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
United Arab Emirates221:416,46723,075
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
China131:105,178,5825,529
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Iceland111:34,5542,447
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Guam81:20,0153,029
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Andorra51:16,7681,446
Barbados51:57,4901,721
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
India51:153,413,076951,030
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Curaçao41:39,312638
Hungary41:2,454,06961,891
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Monaco31:12,3552,088
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Ghana21:13,510,34623,679
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Macau21:300,8151,009
Mozambique21:13,630,7847,358
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominica11:75,891912
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1791:280,55122,627

The alternate forms: Fuentès (3) are calculated separately.

Fuentes (674) may also be a first name.

Fuentes Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Fuentes or Fuente (fountain; spring), the name of many places in Spain; dweller near a spring.

Derives from the latin "fons" meaning "a spring."

Of French origin and found principally in Leon, Asturias, Castile, La Rioja, Burgos, Alava, Cuenca, Santander, and many other places in Spain. Derived from latin "fons" or "fontis" - a fountain, jet, or spray of water. Also implies any place of run­ning or spouting water. One of most prominent surnames in Spain.

Name common in the Peninsula and many genealogists feel that it is the same as Fuente.

See De la Fuente, Fontana.

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

User-submitted Reference

A surname of primarily Portuguese origin that translates to 'fountains', 'source' or 'spring'. It's roots lie in latin and it can be found in other close romance and latin languages such as French, Spanish and Italian.

- fontez

A Portugese surname that translates to "fountain" in English.

- blufabric

Fuentes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fuentes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fuentes (Arabic: فونتس, Russian: Фуэнтес) has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may occur in the variant forms: Fuentès. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuentes? popularity and diffusion

Fuentes is the 584th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,822 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Fuentes live; 34 percent live in South America and 23 percent live in Hispano-North America. Fuentes is also the 319,366th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 674 people.

The surname Fuentes is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is borne by 210,340 people, or 1 in 590. In Mexico Fuentes is primarily concentrated in: México, where 19 percent reside, Mexico City, where 11 percent reside and Puebla, where 8 percent reside. Besides Mexico it occurs in 127 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.

Fuentes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fuentes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fuentes surname grew 38,992 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 5,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fuentes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fuentes surname are 43.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fuentes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 63.54% less than the national average, earning €10,950 per year; in Norway they earn 20% more than the national average, earning 415,289 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,008 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.34% less than the national average, earning $19,673,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.84% less than the national average, earning $36,316 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.89% less than the national average, earning $46,262 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fuentes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fuentes in the Russian language
Фуэнтесfuentes-
Fuentes in the Arabic language
فونتسfwnts-
فونيتسfwnyts-

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Fuentes Reference & Research

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Fuentes FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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