Forterre Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Forterre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forterre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3501:189,77929,542
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Forterre Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forterre is most common in France. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forterre? popularity and diffusion

It is the 775,315th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Forterre are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 350 people, or 1 in 189,779. In France Forterre is most frequent in: Grand Est, where 53 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 11 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent reside. Excluding France it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortere9355/
Forterie8822/
Forterri884/
Fortiere881/
Forteres880/
Forter86386/
Fortre861/
Fortier8035,354/
Pforter8058/
Fourter8012/
Fosrter8012/
Forther806/
Fortera803/
Forteir803/
Fortore802/
Fhorter801/
Forzter801/
Fortreh801/
Fortire800/
Fortear800/
Fortter800/
Forteer800/
Forterd800/
Fourtier75596/
Furterer7534/
Furtiere7514/
Förterer758/
Fortieri753/
Fortierh751/
Fourtear751/
Fortierè751/
Forterio751/
Fordtier751/
Farthere750/
Fořter7132/
Farter7115/
Fortyr717/
Vorter714/
Fortir714/
Fartre712/
Fartheree712/
Voorter67137/
Fartare6739/
Fortiri679/
Farther679/
Vorther677/
Farteur672/
Fartier672/
Fortary671/
Farteri671/
Vertere671/
Fortira671/
Fortair671/
Fartera671/
Feurter671/
Fortari671/
Vortier670/
Vortter670/

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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 Forterre
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis