Fortiu Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Fortiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Forțiu (2) are calculated separately.
Fortiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fortiu occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Forțiu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortiu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Fortiu occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Fortiu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
It is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 489,704. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Cluj County, where 98 percent are found and Hunedoara County, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Romania Fortiu is found in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Fortiu
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