Fortain Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Fortain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 142 | 1:467,766 | 66,487 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 1:823,257 | 50,999 |
The alternate forms: Fortaín (1) are calculated separately.
Fortain Demographics
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Fortain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fortain is most common in France. It can also appear in the variant forms: Fortaín. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fortain is the 990,978th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Fortain live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Fortain is most common in France, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 467,766. In France Fortain is mostly concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 37 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 28 percent are found and Normandy, where 13 percent are found. Beside France it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Fortain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fortain has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 39 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fortain Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Fortain surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Fortain earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.12% more than the national average, earning R 423,288 per year and in United States they earn 4.78% less than the national average, earning $41,088 USD per year.
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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 Fortain
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