Fortum Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Fortum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Fortum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fortum is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Fortum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Fortum reside; 58 percent reside in Central Africa and 58 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Fortum is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent live and Southwest Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Cuba, where 11 percent live.
Fortum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fortum has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forthum | 92 | 13 | / |
| Fortume | 92 | 12 | / |
| Fortumn | 92 | 3 | / |
| Fortuim | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fortoum | 92 | 0 | / |
| Fortusme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fortun | 83 | 4,519 | / |
| Fartum | 83 | 26 | / |
| Fortune | 77 | 53,756 | / |
| Fortuin | 77 | 31,579 | / |
| Forthun | 77 | 515 | / |
| Fortuyn | 77 | 99 | / |
| Fortung | 77 | 80 | / |
| Fartoum | 77 | 5 | / |
| Fortunn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fortuun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fourtun | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fortunt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fortuijn | 71 | 96 | / |
| Fortuine | 71 | 50 | / |
| Fourtune | 71 | 47 | / |
| Fourtuin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Forthune | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fortunne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forttune | 71 | 0 | / |
| Forton | 67 | 2,665 | / |
| Fartun | 67 | 1,176 | / |
| Fortunova | 67 | 226 | / |
| Fortunová | 67 | 125 | / |
| Fortún | 67 | 38 | / |
| Fortón | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fartom | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Fortum
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