Fortuño Surname

183,872nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Puerto Rico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Fortuño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fortuño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Puerto Rico1,2841:2,765243
Spain8461:55,2625,102
Argentina841:508,85037,434
Chile481:367,01010,126
Mexico371:3,354,76224,142
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Fortuno (4,459) are calculated separately.

Fortuño (301) may also be a first name.

Fortuño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fortuño is found most in Puerto Rico. It may be found as: Fortuno. For other possible spellings of Fortuño click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fortuño? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fortuño is the 183,872nd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,156,148 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Fortuño live; 56 percent live in Caribbean and 56 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. Fortuño is also the 507,810th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 301 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Puerto Rico, where it is carried by 1,284 people, or 1 in 2,765. In Puerto Rico Fortuño is most prevalent in: Yauco, where 12 percent reside, Vega Baja, where 8 percent reside and Cabo Rojo, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Puerto Rico Fortuño exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 37 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortuno954,459/
Fortugno802,052/
Fortunio80143/
Fortungo802/
Fortunyo801/
Fortunop801/
Fortunho801/
Fortujno801/
Fortunot800/
Fortunheo751/
Fortuna7159,813/
Fortona7120/
Fartuno713/
Fortunaová711/
Fortună711/
Fortunat671,133/
Fortunas67130/
Fortouna6784/
Fortunah677/
Fortugna675/
Fourtuna674/
Forrtuna673/
Fortunia672/
Fortunna672/
Forthuna671/
Fortunad671/
Fortonia670/
Fortounas6391/
Fourtouna6363/
Fourtunia6356/
Fortunatt6314/
Fourtounas59181/
Fartuna57146/
Vortuna5716/
Fartona575/
Fartouna537/
Fartunya534/
Vartunou531/

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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
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  • 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 Fortuño
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