Fortage Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Fortage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France971:684,77087,242
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
England11:55,718,059489,080

Fortage Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fortage Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fortage is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortage? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,710,039th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. Fortage is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Fortage live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Fortage is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 684,770. In France Fortage is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 81 percent live, Occitanie, where 14 percent live and Île-de-France, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account France this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 14 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortange9321/
Fourtage9313/
Forthage930/
Forteaga8025/
Fortache801/
Fortaci71116/
Forthauser7118/
Fortoza712/
Fortize711/
Forthacher710/
Fortuoza6718/
Fartache675/
Fortachi673/
Fartaghi671/
Fortegih671/
Fortachui631/
Fortosi575/
Fartazi571/
Fartasi571/
Fartausi53890/
Fortosis53121/
Fartouce5338/
Vartegeh532/
Verteege532/
Fartazai531/
Furttoga531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fortage
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