Forté Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Forté Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 77 | 1:862,633 | 101,453 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
The alternate forms: Forte (66,859) & Fortè (2) are calculated separately.
Forté Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forté Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forté is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Forte or Fortè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forté? popularity and diffusion
The last name Forté is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Forté reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most common in France, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 862,633. In France it is most prevalent in: Occitanie, where 32 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 22 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 18 percent are found. Outside of France it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Forté
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