Fontseca: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Records tie Fontseca closely to Fonseca. Its meaning, shared with Fonseca, is “dry spring”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• In Spain, the INE population register lists 194 people with Fontseca as their first surname and 154 as their second.
• You may also find the name written Fonsecca and Da Fonseca.
• Fontseca is listed among the recognised spellings of Fonseca.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Fontseca, so the heraldry linked to Fonseca is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Fontseca report, with a museum-style coat of arms.