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da Fonte
Of the spring or fountain
Noallo de Arriba, Castrelo de Miño
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Places & landscape
Of the spring or fountain
Fonte is the Galician word for spring or fountain. Da joins de and a. A shared meaning with Fuente does not prove a shared branch.
Place and landscape names connect naming with the world around a household: a settlement, a field, a spring or a building. The same word may occur in several localities. The birthplace of a named relative and the original place behind a surname are separate questions.
Name reference (opens in a new tab)Galicia · 2001
Census spelling: DA FONTE · Galicia · 2001
- Rank in Galicia · 2001
- #1,349
- Occurrences in Galicia · 2001
- 24
- Share of surname occurrences
- 0.0005%
- Municipalities · 2001
- 2
This rank is shared by 72 surname spellings.
Galicia · 2001
Elsewhere in Galicia · 2001
The atlas publishes no rows for this spelling in the seven selected Ribeiro municipalities. These are the published municipalities elsewhere in Galicia, ordered by occurrences.
Birthplace map| Municipality | Occurrences | Share of surname occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| Ourense | 17 | 0.0078% |
| Verín | 7 | 0.0258% |
- people assigned this surname
- 2
- recorded birthplaces
- 1
- recorded spellings
- 1
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Crisostomo Fonte (da)
- Born
- Abt. 1730 · Noallo de Arriba, Castrelo de Miño
- Died
- Abt. 1805
Recorded parents
Recorded children
Antonio Fonte (da)
- Born
- Abt. 1700 · Noallo de Arriba, Castrelo de Miño
- Died
- Abt. 1775
Recorded parents
Parents are not yet recorded.
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Explore the family map| Recorded birthplace | People |
|---|---|
| Noallo de Arriba, Castrelo de Miño | 2 |
Sources & further research
The name reference supports the linguistic explanation above. Family details come from the tree; an illustration supplies atmosphere, not evidence about an ancestor.
Real Academia Galega · Dicionario (opens in a new tab)Real Academia Galega · Surname guide (opens in a new tab)Our family tree · People and relationshipsO Ribeiro · Avia · Miño · Arnoia
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