Fortias Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fortias Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortias Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1401:474,44867,240
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559

Fortias Last Name Facts

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

Fortias occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortias? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,484,726th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fortias live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Fortias is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 474,448. In France it is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 85 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 9 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 3 percent are found. Outside of France this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forthias9376/
Fourtias938/
Fortia92132/
Forteas8610/
Fortiah8610/
Fertias864/
Fortija861/
Fortios861/
Forthia861/
Fortiea860/
Fortea772,658/
Vortia77834/
Fortio77124/
Fortià775/
Fartia772/
Fartiah7152/
Forteah7115/
Fartiha714/
Vortiah712/
Forteaz711/
Forteay710/
Forteo62372/
Vartia62344/
Fartea627/
Vartija5740/
Varthia5711/
Vuortio577/
Vorthya571/

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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 Fortias
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