Forteus Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Forteus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 38 | 1:281,155 | 9,538 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Forteus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forteus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forteus is more commonly found in Haiti than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forteus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forteus is the 3,141,416th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Forteus are found; 97 percent are found in Caribbean and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean.
The surname is most prevalent in Haiti, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 281,155. In Haiti it is most frequent in: Ouest, where 100 percent are found. Other than Haiti this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Forteus
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