Fortung Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Fortung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Fortung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fortung is found most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortung? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,106,139th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fortung live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 262,900. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent live, Littoral Region, where 19 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortun | 92 | 4,519 | / |
| Fortune | 86 | 53,756 | / |
| Fortuin | 86 | 31,579 | / |
| Forthun | 86 | 515 | / |
| Fortuyn | 86 | 99 | / |
| Fortong | 86 | 12 | / |
| Fortumn | 86 | 3 | / |
| Furtung | 86 | 2 | / |
| Fortuun | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fortunn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fortunt | 86 | 0 | / |
| Fourtun | 86 | 0 | / |
| Fortuijn | 80 | 96 | / |
| Fortuine | 80 | 50 | / |
| Fourtune | 80 | 47 | / |
| Fourtuin | 80 | 4 | / |
| Forthune | 80 | 3 | / |
| Forthing | 80 | 3 | / |
| Fortunne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Forttune | 80 | 0 | / |
| Forton | 77 | 2,665 | / |
| Fartun | 77 | 1,176 | / |
| Fortún | 77 | 38 | / |
| Fortum | 77 | 19 | / |
| Fortón | 77 | 8 | / |
| Fortunova | 75 | 226 | / |
| Fortunová | 75 | 125 | / |
| Fourton | 71 | 438 | / |
| Fartoun | 71 | 150 | / |
| Fortoen | 71 | 88 | / |
| Forthon | 71 | 18 | / |
| Forthum | 71 | 13 | / |
| Fortoon | 71 | 10 | / |
| Fartune | 71 | 6 | / |
| Fartuun | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vortuin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fortuim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Farthun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fhorton | 71 | 0 | / |
| Furtong | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fortoum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Farthing | 67 | 7,625 | / |
| Fourthon | 67 | 64 | / |
| Forthink | 67 | 24 | / |
| Fartoune | 67 | 4 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Fortung
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