Fortunato Surname

4,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117,768 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Fortunato Surname Definition:

(Italian) The fortunate person.

Fortunato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola38,4521:702118
Brazil38,3101:5,588411
Italy17,9251:3,412308
United States5,6641:63,9937,494
Mozambique4,9441:5,5141,220
Argentina3,0351:14,0831,264
Portugal2,8971:3,596427
Philippines1,7541:57,7189,691
Dominican Republic1,2561:8,306736
France7681:86,48812,335
Mexico6231:199,2395,400
Spain3091:151,30111,169
Canada2461:149,77915,288
Switzerland1911:43,0005,974
Belgium1801:63,87010,268
Germany1561:516,06143,667
Venezuela1541:196,1305,384
Uruguay1481:23,1882,704
England1291:431,92329,000
Australia1221:221,27621,136
Gibraltar731:46548
Chile681:259,0667,750
Peru401:794,60317,297
Namibia361:66,9287,260
Croatia341:124,37118,240
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Ecuador231:691,55912,337
Paraguay211:344,6075,239
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Norway101:514,22941,629
Benin101:1,033,56048,353
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Cuba61:1,920,4538,345
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
China41:341,830,39216,990
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Suriname11:552,6169,664
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Guam11:160,1214,893
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
England11:24,375,369195,128
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Fortunato (136,131) may also be a first name.

Fortunato Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) The fortunate person.

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

Fortunato Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fortunato (Marathi: फोरटुनाटो, Russian: Фортунато) occurs in Angola more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortunato? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,796th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 61,881 people. The last name Fortunato is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Fortunato are found; 37 percent are found in Southern Africa and 37 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Fortunato is also the 7,656th most commonly held first name globally, held by 136,131 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Angola, where it is carried by 38,452 people, or 1 in 702. Excluding Angola Fortunato is found in 80 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 33 percent are found and Italy, where 15 percent are found.

Fortunato Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fortunato has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 113,280 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 12,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fortunato Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fortunato last name are 0.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.69% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fortunato earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 42.17% more than the national average, earning €42,693 per year; in Norway they earn 17% less than the national average, earning 287,250 kr per year; in Peru they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,524 per year; in South Africa they earn 46.86% less than the national average, earning R 126,276 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.68% more than the national average, earning $25,127,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.95% more than the national average, earning $48,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.09% more than the national average, earning $59,663 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fortunato Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fortunato in the Marathi language
फोरटुनाटोphoratunato33.33
फोटयुनटोphotayunato33.33
फॉरटुनाटोphoratunato33.33
Fortunato in the Russian language
Фортунатоfortunato-

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