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Fontana Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Fontana Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fontana families
 51 - 100  18 - 50 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fontana families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fontana families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Fontana Family Origin
Fontana Immigration Information
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Fontana Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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