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    The surname Fort

    A surname, carried by 8,117 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F630

    Fort: #4,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fort #4,382, 8,117 people Fort: #4,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fort #4,382, 8,117 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fort is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,117 people named Fort in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,037 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,900.

    #4,382
    rank among US surnames
    8,117
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,151)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,373Ridenour8,13037,976
    #4,374Strunk8,12937,981
    #4,375Hardison8,12837,985
    #4,376Frasier8,12438,004
    #4,378Pendergrass8,12338,009
    #4,379Fain8,12238,013
    #4,380Ramsay8,12038,023

    Who is named Fort

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    62% of people named Fort identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Forts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Fort
      American writer (1874–1932)
    • Cornelia Fort
      American aviator, 1919–1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fort

    Fort has the Soundex code F630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fort?
    8,117 people in the United States had the surname Fort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,037 Americans. It ranked 4,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fort?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Fort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fort?
    Charles Fort, American writer (1874–1932), followed by Cornelia Fort.
    Where is the surname Fort most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fort in the United States.
    Is the surname Fort getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,900 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,117 in 2010, up 2.7%.