Fortish Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Fortish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Fortish Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fortish (Russian: Фортиш) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortish? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Fortish is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Fortish live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States Fortish is most frequent in: Washington, where 77 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Oregon, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 17 percent live and Colombia, where 6 percent live.

Fortish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fortish has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Fortish surname grew 108 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fortish Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fortish are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.

Fortish earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.55% less than the national average, earning $36,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortisch930/
Fortis924,011/
Fortich863,738/
Fortais8658/
Forteis8639/
Fortieh8624/
Fourtis8619/
Forties8618/
Vortish865/
Forthis865/
Fortois864/
Fortuis862/
Fortith861/
Fortysh861/
Fortios861/
Fartish861/
Fortise860/
Fertish860/
Forti8314,584/
Vortisch80233/
Fortiche80141/
Forteith8021/
Fortaich8015/
Forthieh809/
Fourties808/
Fartaish802/
Fortitch802/
Fourttis800/
Fortes7787,421/
Fortiz771,300/
Fortit77595/
Forteh77461/
Fortti77295/
Fortie77195/
Fourti77189/
Fortio77124/
Forthe77108/
Fertis7799/
Vortis7729/
Fortič7723/
Fortic7719/
Fortys7717/
Forthy7716/
Furtis7712/
Fartis774/
Fortès773/
Fortoi772/
Fortui772/
Forrti771/
Fortís771/
Forthi771/
Fortei771/
Fortiș771/
Fortyi771/
Foorthuis7549/
Fourthies7516/
Fartais71248/
Fortese71209/
Fortuit71156/
Forttes7181/
Fuortes7163/
Forteus7139/
Fourtic7131/
Fortess7124/
Vourtis7117/
Vorties7113/
Forteas7110/
Ferteis719/
Fortest717/
Forthey717/
Fortice717/
Fortiez717/
Forther716/
Vertish713/
Forthee713/
Vortesh712/
Furtich712/
Forhtes711/
Fourthe711/
Foertes711/
Pfortie711/
Fortaix711/
Fortets711/
Forteuh711/
Fourtit711/
Forrtes711/
Fortiea710/
Fortees710/
Forte6766,859/
Forty671,804/
Forteath67162/
Forté67142/
Forta67117/
Farti67116/
Vourthis6757/
Vorti675/
Furtiche674/
Fortè672/
Vertisch672/
Fortí671/
Fourtuit671/
Forthyse670/
Forthice670/

Fortish Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fortish in the Russian language
Фортишfortis-

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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
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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 Fortish
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