Fortems Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Fortems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France441:1,509,607143,950
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Fortems Last Name Facts

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

Fortems is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortems? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fortems is the 1,817,111th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Fortems are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Fortems is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,509,607. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 48 percent are found, Occitanie, where 25 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 16 percent are found. Aside from France this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 37 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.

Fortems Last Name Statistics demography

Fortems earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 61.89% more than the national average, earning $80,431 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortens862/
Fourtens8033/
Fortense804/
Fortins7116/
Fortynse675/
Farthams671/
Fortence670/
Fortinš571/
Farthins531/
Varthens530/

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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
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  • 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 Fortems
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