Sifuentes
A Spanish surname tied to place names, likely meaning someone from or near a small spring or fountain.
The #3,293 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 28,186 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Sifuentes is a Spanish surname of locational origin. It is generally understood as a name for someone who came from a place called Sifuentes, a toponym ultimately related to Latin words for a spring, fountain, or flowing water. In Spanish, the initial element is usually linked with a form meaning “ifountains” or “six fountains,” but the surname itself is best treated as a place-based name rather than a direct descriptive phrase.
History
The surname is most familiar today in Spanish-speaking communities, especially in the Americas, where it spread through migration from the Iberian Peninsula. Like many Hispanic surnames, it preserved the memory of an ancestral hometown even after families moved far away. Its relative rarity in the United States suggests a strong regional or family-line distribution rather than broad national diffusion.
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Fun fact
Cifuentes is also the name of a municipality in Guadalajara, Spain, which likely helped give rise to the surname.