Fortanier Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fortanier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fortanier Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3181:208,87632,465
Netherlands941:179,65125,733
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Fortanier Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fortanier occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortanier? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 676,370th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. The last name Fortanier occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Fortanier live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 318 people, or 1 in 208,876. In France it is most prevalent in: Occitanie, where 64 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 18 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 5 percent reside. Excluding France Fortanier is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fourtanier95140/
Fortannier95102/
Fortaner9440/
Fortanie941/
Fortainer891/
Fortenier890/
Fortener82274/
Fortagne8238/
Fortange8221/
Fortoner821/
Forteiner780/
Fertener712/
Furtonjr591/
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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 Fortanier
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