Fortien Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Fortien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Fortien Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fortien has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fortien.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortien? popularity and diffusion

Fortien is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Fortien is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Fortien reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Fortien is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 33 percent are found and Western Cape, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortin9278,411/
Forten92166/
Fortuin8631,579/
Fortein861,451/
Fortina861,259/
Fortain86259/
Fortoen8688/
Fourtin8687/
Forthin8623/
Pforten869/
Forting866/
Forteen865/
Fortijn864/
Fortion863/
Fortuen862/
Fortiin861/
Fortind861/
Fortinn861/
Wfortin861/
Fortean861/
Forttin861/
Fortn8314/
Fourteen801,877/
Fortuijn8096/
Fourtina8051/
Fortuine8050/
Pfordten8024/
Fourtein8015/
Fortaine808/
Fourtuin804/
Fourthin803/
Fortoing803/
Fourting801/
Forteine801/
Fourtain801/
Forteyne801/
Fartiene801/
Fortõgin801/
Fortting800/
Fortuian800/
Fertin77517/
Furtin77167/
Fortyn7761/
Fartin7759/
Fortim7746/
Ferten7740/
Fortín7722/
Vortin7710/
Fortýn774/
Farten773/
Fortne772/
Forthn771/
Fortem771/
Vorten770/
Furten770/
Fourtoing75111/
Fortinová7517/
Fuooerten751/
Fartina71160/
Fortuyn7199/
Furtina7194/
Fortyna7111/
Farting716/
Fartain714/
Fartein712/
Vortuin712/
Farttin712/
Fortuun711/
Farthin711/
Fortaín711/
Forteam711/
Fortuim711/
Vortein711/
Vartien711/
Faurten711/
Fortaim710/
Fortayon6718/
Fartheen674/
Voortein672/
Fortoyan672/
Fortujan671/
Fortheim671/
Farhtain671/
Fartõgin671/
Fortayne671/
Fasrtain671/
Fortyhyn671/
Verthien670/

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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 Fortien
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