Fortier Surname
Approximately 35,354 people bear this surname
Fortier Surname Definition:
(French) One employed at a fortress; one who made and sold gimlets.
Fortier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 19,473 | 1:1,892 | 188 |
| United States | 10,109 | 1:35,855 | 4,464 |
| France | 4,932 | 1:13,468 | 1,359 |
| Puerto Rico | 290 | 1:12,242 | 560 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Netherlands | 61 | 1:276,839 | 34,217 |
| Argentina | 50 | 1:854,868 | 55,754 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Mexico | 44 | 1:2,821,050 | 22,257 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 915 | 1:54,884 | 6,156 |
Fortier (62) may also be a first name.
Fortier Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One employed at a fortress; one who made and sold gimlets.
Fortier Demographics
Average Fortier Salary in
United States
$47,615 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fortier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fortier occurs most in Canada. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fortier.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortier? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,768th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 206,131 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Fortier are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Gallo-North America. Fortier is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 62 people.
Fortier is most numerous in Canada, where it is borne by 19,473 people, or 1 in 1,892. In Canada it is most frequent in: Quebec, where 81 percent are found, Ontario, where 12 percent are found and Alberta, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Canada this surname exists in 59 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent are found and France, where 14 percent are found.
Fortier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fortier has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,105 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fortier Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fortier surname are 2.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.68% registered with the political party.
The amount Fortier earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 129.78% more than the national average, earning R 546,036 per year; in United States they earn 10.35% more than the national average, earning $47,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.68% less than the national average, earning $42,884 CAD per year.
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Fortier Reference & Research
Fortier DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Fortier FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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 Fortier
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