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 also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fortung.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortung? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. Fortung is predominantly 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 occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 262,900. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent live, Littoral Region, where 19 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Fortung exists 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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