Fortoen Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

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

Fortoen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortoen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa821:660,70448,422
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fortoen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fortoen is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fortoen.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortoen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fortoen is the 1,994,173rd most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Fortoen are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Fortoen is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 660,704. In South Africa Fortoen is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 82 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent live and Western Cape, where 7 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 5 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

Fortoen Last Name Statistics demography

Fortoen earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 281.62% more than the national average, earning R 906,864 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forton922,665/
Forten92166/
Fortein861,451/
Fourton86438/
Forthon8618/
Fortoon8610/
Pforten869/
Forteen865/
Fortien864/
Fortion863/
Fortuen862/
Fortean861/
Fhorton860/
Fortn8314/
Fourteen801,877/
Fourthon8064/
Pfordten8024/
Fortayon8018/
Fourtein8015/
Fortoing803/
Fortoyan802/
Forteyne801/
Forteine801/
Fortin7778,411/
Fortun774,519/
Fortyn7761/
Ferten7740/
Fortún7738/
Fortín7722/
Farton7711/
Fortón778/
Fortýn774/
Farten773/
Fortne772/
Forthn771/
Fortem771/
Vorten770/
Fourtoing75111/
Fuooerten751/
Fortune7153,756/
Fortuin7131,579/
Fortina711,259/
Forthun71515/
Fortain71259/
Fartoun71150/
Fortuyn7199/
Fourtin7187/
Fortung7180/
Forthin7123/
Fortyna7111/
Forting716/
Fartoon714/
Fortijn714/
Fortumn713/
Phorton713/
Fourtouing712/
Fartein712/
Wfortin711/
Vortein711/
Forttin711/
Forteam711/
Fortaín711/
Faurten711/
Fortuun711/
Fortunn711/
Fortinn711/
Fortind711/
Fortunt710/
Fortoum710/
Fourtun710/
Fortuijn6796/
Fourtina6751/
Fortuine6750/
Fourtune6747/
Fortaine678/
Fartoune674/
Fourtuin674/
Fartheen674/
Forthune673/
Fourthin673/
Voortein672/
Fourtain671/
Fortõgin671/
Fartoyan671/
Fortayne671/
Fortujan671/
Fourting671/
Fortunne671/
Fortheim671/
Fortuian670/
Fortting670/
Forttune670/

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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 Fortoen
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