Fortuna Surname
Approximately 59,813 people bear this surname
Fortuna Surname Definition:
(Italian) Descendant of Fortuna (good fortune), a name sometimes given to foundlings.
Fortuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 11,831 | 1:2,281 | 387 |
| Italy | 7,545 | 1:8,106 | 1,163 |
| Philippines | 7,089 | 1:14,281 | 1,537 |
| Dominican Republic | 5,415 | 1:1,927 | 293 |
| Brazil | 5,132 | 1:41,714 | 1,689 |
| Poland | 4,508 | 1:8,431 | 1,137 |
| United States | 4,405 | 1:82,284 | 9,354 |
| Portugal | 1,953 | 1:5,334 | 544 |
| Argentina | 1,517 | 1:28,176 | 2,359 |
| Mexico | 1,172 | 1:105,910 | 3,845 |
| Ukraine | 1,172 | 1:38,842 | 5,617 |
| Russia | 1,074 | 1:134,193 | 15,749 |
| Moldova | 1,070 | 1:3,328 | 461 |
| Indonesia | 849 | 1:155,771 | 15,234 |
| Slovenia | 769 | 1:3,235 | 490 |
| Spain | 729 | 1:64,132 | 5,784 |
| Haiti | 597 | 1:17,896 | 1,559 |
| France | 547 | 1:121,431 | 18,380 |
| Canada | 343 | 1:107,422 | 11,548 |
| Slovakia | 241 | 1:22,143 | 3,592 |
| Peru | 154 | 1:206,390 | 9,396 |
| Australia | 148 | 1:182,403 | 18,373 |
| Hungary | 146 | 1:67,235 | 6,917 |
| Romania | 138 | 1:145,492 | 15,521 |
| England | 134 | 1:415,806 | 28,295 |
| Germany | 116 | 1:694,013 | 53,217 |
| Kazakhstan | 115 | 1:153,761 | 15,295 |
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| Croatia | 70 | 1:60,409 | 11,225 |
| Venezuela | 55 | 1:549,165 | 10,134 |
| Switzerland | 44 | 1:186,657 | 16,684 |
| Austria | 39 | 1:218,344 | 26,757 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Belarus | 30 | 1:316,702 | 34,864 |
| Gibraltar | 29 | 1:1,171 | 268 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Latvia | 23 | 1:89,132 | 12,995 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Puerto Rico | 19 | 1:186,849 | 2,129 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Transnistria | 17 | 1:27,923 | 4,766 |
| United Arab Emirates | 16 | 1:572,642 | 23,583 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 1:285,980 | 20,148 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 1:597,265 | 42,601 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| San Marino | 6 | 1:5,536 | 600 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 6 | 1:29,570 | 1,440 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
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.
Fortuna Demographics
Average Fortuna Salary in
United States
$44,915 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fortuna in the Russian language | ||
| Фортуна | fortuna | - |
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Footnotes
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