Fourtier Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Barthelemy

Fourtier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fourtier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5841:113,73817,081
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Fourtier Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fourtier is found most in France. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fourtier? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 539,451st most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. Fourtier is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Fourtier live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Fourtier is most frequent in France, where it is held by 584 people, or 1 in 113,738. In France it is most common in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 26 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 25 percent reside and Grand Est, where 25 percent reside. Excluding France Fourtier is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Fourtier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fourtier has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 14 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fortier9335,354/
Fourter9312/
Furtier933/
Furtiere8814/
Faurtier8810/
Fourties888/
Fourtear881/
Fordtier881/
Fortierh881/
Fortiere881/
Fourtuer880/
Fortiear880/
Furter861,626/
Forter86386/
Fortie86195/
Fortir864/
Furtie860/
Fourthies8216/
Foerter80120/
Pforter8058/
Fortere8055/
Fortieh8024/
Further8021/
Forties8018/
Fuerter8015/
Fosrter8012/
Fortiez807/
Forther806/
Pfurter803/
Forteir803/
Fartier802/
Fortair801/
Forzter801/
Foertie801/
Pfortie801/
Fhorter801/
Feurter801/
Fortiee801/
Forterd800/
Fortuer800/
Fortire800/
Fortear800/
Fortied800/
Vortier800/
Fortter800/
Fortiea800/
Forteer800/
Forterre75366/
Pfhurter7559/
Furtauer7518/
Forthieh759/
Foertter753/
Fuerther751/
Fořter7132/
Fartir7131/
Fürter7130/
Farter7115/
Fortje719/
Fortyr717/
Vorter714/
Fuertauer712/
Fortre711/
Fortye711/
Voorter67137/
Furtjes6729/
Pfortje6725/
Fürther6721/
Feyrter6714/
Pfürter679/
Farthir679/
Farther679/
Vorther677/
Fortreh671/
Fortija671/
Forteay670/
Fairter670/
Vortter670/

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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 Fourtier
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