Italian, Spanish, and Catalan: topographic name for someone who
lived near a spring, from Romance descendants of Late Latin
fontana, a derivative of classical Latin fons, or in
Italy possibly a habitational name from any of the numerous minor
places named with this word. The surname is also established in
Portugal, imported form Italy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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