Fourtado Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Fourtado Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 27 | 1:539,976 | 2,259 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Fourtado Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fourtado Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fourtado is carried by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fourtado.
How Common Is The Last Name Fourtado? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Fourtado occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Fourtado live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Fourtado is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 539,976. In Senegal it is most prevalent in: Dakar Region, where 96 percent reside and Ziguinchor Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Senegal this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 30 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourtadou | 94 | 1 | / |
| Furtado | 93 | 149,275 | / |
| Fortado | 93 | 403 | / |
| Feurtado | 88 | 887 | / |
| Fuertado | 88 | 25 | / |
| Furtados | 88 | 19 | / |
| Furtaddo | 88 | 5 | / |
| Furttado | 88 | 5 | / |
| Fortados | 88 | 3 | / |
| Furtadoo | 88 | 3 | / |
| Furtadoa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fuurtado | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fuirtado | 88 | 1 | / |
| Furtaado | 88 | 1 | / |
| Furrtado | 88 | 0 | / |
| Feurtadot | 82 | 2 | / |
| Furtada | 80 | 167 | / |
| Fartado | 80 | 94 | / |
| Furtodo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Fortada | 80 | 3 | / |
| Fortodo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vortado | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phurtado | 75 | 46 | / |
| Farttado | 75 | 3 | / |
| Feertado | 75 | 1 | / |
| Feartado | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fartodo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Furtoda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phartado | 63 | 9 | / |
| Phurtodo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Phayurtadoo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Fartaidas | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Fourtado
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