Fountain

Fountain

See also: fountain

English

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.

Proper noun

Fountain (countable and uncountable, plural Fountains)

1. A placename:
   1. A ghost town in Mendocino County, California, United States.
   2. A city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
   3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Bay County, Florida, United States.
   4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Monroe County, Illinois, United States.
   5. A city in Fountain County, Indiana, United States, USA formerly known as Portland.
   6. A village in Mason County, Michigan, United States.
   7. A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.
   8. A town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
   9. An unincorporatedcommunity in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
   10. A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States.
2. A topographic surname.

Coordinate terms

• Fontaine
• Fontana

 

Derived terms

Fountain County (actually derived from Fontaine)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fountain is the 1,774^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 20,193 individuals. Fountain is most common among White (61.91%) and Black (32.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fountain”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.

Anagrams

• infonaut