Fortener Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fortener Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2711:1,337,48793,180
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Fortener Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fortener has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fortener click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortener? popularity and diffusion

It is the 953,750th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname Fortener is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Fortener live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 271 people, or 1 in 1,337,487. In The United States Fortener is most numerous in: Ohio, where 41 percent reside, Indiana, where 13 percent reside and Kentucky, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States Fortener exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Fortener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fortener has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,004 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fortener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fortener last name are 13.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Fortener earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.93% less than the national average, earning $42,748 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
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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 Fortener
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