Where Does The Last Name Fortunez Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Fortunez occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Fortúnez. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortunez? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,374,607^th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Fortunez are found; 87 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 87 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Fortunez is also the 3,487,849^th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Spain, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 336,346. In Spain it is most numerous in: Galicia, where 42 percent live, Andalusia, where 26 percent live and Madrid, where 17 percent live. Aside from Spain this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 10 percent live and Venezuela, where 2 percent live.