| ![Show Contents]() Fontanals History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain Noble surnames, such as Fontanals, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Fontanals, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. Many Spanish local names reflect Arabic words or place-names because Spain was conquered by the Muslim Moors from the 8th to 12th centuries.The Fontanals family originally lived in the region of Fuentes which is a place-name that means fountains. Early Origins of the Fontanals familyThe surname Fontanals was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of the Middle Ages. Early History of the Fontanals familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fontanals research. Another 113 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1185, 1576, 1640 and 1680 are included under the topic Early Fontanals History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Fontanals Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Fuentes, Fuente, de la Fuente, Fuentecilla, Fuéntez, Fuentez, Font, Fonte, Fontes, Fontecilla, Fontana, Fontano, Fontanal, Fontanales, Fontanals, Fontanella, Fontanet, Fontanillos and many more. Early Notables of the Fontanals familyNotable bearers of the family name Fontanals were Juan Pedro Fontanella (1576-1680), a Catalan judge and advocate, co-instigator of the Catalan Revolt of 1640; seventeenth century Spanish navigator Bartolomé Fuentes; seventeenth century Catalan lawyer and politician Joan Pere...
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 Fontanals migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Fontanals Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Andres Fontanals, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1803 1
- Jaime Fontanals, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1803 1
- Francisco Fontanals, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1878 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Fontanals (post 1700) | + |
- Juan Amat Fontanals (1946-2022), Spanish field hockey player who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Fontanals migration to the United States 
