Forthune Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Forthune Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forthune Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Forthune (3) may also be a first name.

Forthune Last Name Facts

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

Forthune is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forthune? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Forthune is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Forthune are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Forthune is also the 7,463,778th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 3 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly found in: Washington, where 100 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent live.

Forthune Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortune9353,756/
Forthun93515/
Fortunet88166/
Fortunez88160/
Fortuner88106/
Fortunes8859/
Fortunee8852/
Fortuine8850/
Fourtune8847/
Fortuney8838/
Fortuneh886/
Fortunie884/
Fortunée882/
Forthuna881/
Fortuene881/
Fortunne881/
Forttune880/
Fortun864,519/
Fourtunes822/
Fortune's821/
Fortunech820/
Fortuna8059,813/
Fortuin8031,579/
Fortuny804,232/
Fortine80543/
Fortuni80492/
Fortuné80215/
Furtune80128/
Fortuyn8099/
Fortung8080/
Forthon8018/
Forthum8013/
Fartune806/
Fortone806/
Fertune805/
Fortumn803/
Fortunn801/
Fortuun801/
Fortunè801/
Fortună801/
Fortüne801/
Farthun801/
Fourtun800/
Fortunt800/
Fourtounes7811/
Fortunio75143/
Fortuijn7596/
Fortouna7584/
Fourthon7564/
Fortouni7528/
Fortunis7520/
Fartoune754/
Fourtuna754/
Fourtuin754/
Forrtuna753/
Fortunny752/
Fortunna752/
Fortúnez752/
Fortunay751/
Fourtuny751/
Fourtuné751/
Fertoune751/
Fortunyo751/
Fortunys751/
Fartuney751/
Furtuned751/
Fortinea750/
Fuortine750/
Forton712,665/
Fartun711,176/
Fortunova71226/
Fourtouni71178/
Fortunová71125/
Fourtouna7163/
Fortounis7156/
Fortún7138/
Fortum7119/
Fortunych719/
Fortón718/
Fourtunis712/
Fortunnyi711/
Furtuna678,990/
Furtună67772/
Fourton67438/
Fourtounis67363/
Fartoun67150/
Fartuna67146/
Fortoen6788/
Fortona6720/
Fortoon6710/
Fortuñy679/
Furtone677/
Fartuun674/
Vortuin672/
Furtuny672/
Fertine671/
Förtüne671/
Fortuim671/
Fartine670/
Fortoum670/
Fhorton670/

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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 Forthune
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