How common is the last name Fontenot?

19,523 people in the United States have the last name Fontenot, about 1 in 15,310. It ranks #1,798 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FONTENOT

#1,798

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,523
About
1 in 15,310
This common or more
46.5%
Who bears it

Of the 19,523 people with the last name Fontenot, 73.7% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Black and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fontenot, most common first.

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