Fortuna Surname

9,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59,813 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Fortuna Surname Definition:

(Italian) Descendant of Fortuna (good fortune), a name sometimes given to foundlings.

Fortuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola11,8311:2,281387
Italy7,5451:8,1061,163
Philippines7,0891:14,2811,537
Dominican Republic5,4151:1,927293
Brazil5,1321:41,7141,689
Poland4,5081:8,4311,137
United States4,4051:82,2849,354
Portugal1,9531:5,334544
Argentina1,5171:28,1762,359
Mexico1,1721:105,9103,845
Ukraine1,1721:38,8425,617
Russia1,0741:134,19315,749
Moldova1,0701:3,328461
Indonesia8491:155,77115,234
Slovenia7691:3,235490
Spain7291:64,1325,784
Haiti5971:17,8961,559
France5471:121,43118,380
Canada3431:107,42211,548
Slovakia2411:22,1433,592
Peru1541:206,3909,396
Australia1481:182,40318,373
Hungary1461:67,2356,917
Romania1381:145,49215,521
England1341:415,80628,295
Germany1161:694,01353,217
Kazakhstan1151:153,76115,295
Belgium721:159,67622,068
Croatia701:60,40911,225
Venezuela551:549,16510,134
Switzerland441:186,65716,684
Austria391:218,34426,757
Mozambique361:757,2661,613
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
Belarus301:316,70234,864
Gibraltar291:1,171268
Israel291:295,09125,768
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Latvia231:89,13212,995
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Puerto Rico191:186,8492,129
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Transnistria171:27,9234,766
United Arab Emirates161:572,64223,583
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Norway131:395,56035,657
Bermuda121:5,440820
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Uruguay121:285,98020,148
Colombia111:4,343,09717,306
Albania101:291,40615,585
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Kyrgyzstan101:597,26542,601
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
India91:85,229,487684,495
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Turkmenistan91:609,9014,112
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Guam81:20,0153,029
Wales81:386,81619,671
China71:195,331,65210,124
Azerbaijan61:1,608,18720,863
Qatar61:393,00055,922
San Marino61:5,536600
São Tomé and Príncipe61:29,5701,440
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Armenia31:976,72713,552
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Macau21:300,8151,009
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

The alternate forms: Fortună (1) are calculated separately.

Fortuna (11,679) may also be a first name.

Fortuna Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) Descendant of Fortuna (good fortune), a name sometimes given to foundlings.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Fortuna Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fortuna (Russian: Фортуна) is found most in Angola. It can occur as a variant: Fortună. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fortuna.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortuna? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 9,454th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 121,839 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 34 percent of Fortuna reside; 20 percent reside in Southern Africa and 20 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 55,200th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 11,679 people.

It is most frequently held in Angola, where it is borne by 11,831 people, or 1 in 2,281. Besides Angola Fortuna exists in 103 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 13 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 percent are found.

Fortuna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fortuna has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fortuna last name grew 17,620 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,680 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fortuna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Fortuna surname is chiefly Orthodox (84%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Fortuna last name are 0.050000000000004% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.28% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fortuna earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1.57% more than the national average, earning €30,500 per year; in Norway they earn 33.96% less than the national average, earning 228,557 kr per year; in Peru they earn 18.73% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,015 per year; in South Africa they earn 100.44% more than the national average, earning R 476,328 per year; in United States they earn 4.09% more than the national average, earning $44,915 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.98% more than the national average, earning $57,124 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fortuna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fortuna in the Russian language
Фортунаfortuna-

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