Fortant Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fortant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1201:553,52375,172
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003

Fortant (48) may also be a first name.

Fortant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fortant occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortant? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fortant is the 1,612,213th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Fortant are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 48 people.

The last name Fortant is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 553,523. In France Fortant is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 42 percent are found, Grand Est, where 41 percent are found and Occitanie, where 8 percent are found. Besides France this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortante931/
Fortan92138/
Fortain86259/
Forthan86225/
Fortang86143/
Fortane8681/
Fortanc8615/
Fartant861/
Fortgan861/
Fortean861/
Fortaín861/
Fourtane80139/
Fortagne8038/
Forthane8030/
Fortaine808/
Fortacin807/
Forthand802/
Fourthan801/
Fourtain801/
Fortayne801/
Forthann801/
Forton772,665/
Fartan77190/
Fortón778/
Vortan771/
Fărtan771/
Fortam770/
Fortassin75244/
Fortanova757/
Fortein711,451/
Fourton71438/
Forthon7118/
Fortham7115/
Fortong7112/
Fartane7111/
Fortoon7110/
Fortone716/
Farthan715/
Fartain714/
Forteam711/
Fortaim710/
Fhorton710/
Fourthon6764/
Fourtein6715/
Phortand675/
Fortoing673/
Forthham672/
Farhtain671/
Fortõgin671/
Forteine671/
Fortosin671/
Forteyne671/
Fasrtain671/
Phorthan671/

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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 Fortant
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