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    The surname Fortenberry

    A surname, carried by 6,589 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex F635

    Fortenberry: #5,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fortenberry #5,285, 6,589 people Fortenberry: #5,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fortenberry #5,285, 6,589 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fortenberry is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,589 people named Fortenberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,858 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,330.

    #5,285
    rank among US surnames
    6,589
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,087)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,280Amundson6,59446,822
    #5,281Raley6,59346,829
    #5,284Pine6,59246,836
    #5,285Fortenberry6,58946,858

    Who is named Fortenberry

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

    80% of people named Fortenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fortenberrys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Fortenberry
      American basketball player (1911–1993)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fortenberry

    Fortenberry has the Soundex code F635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fortenberry?
    6,589 people in the United States had the surname Fortenberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,858 Americans. It ranked 5,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fortenberry?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Fortenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fortenberry?
    Joe Fortenberry, American basketball player (1911–1993).
    Where is the surname Fortenberry most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fortenberry in the United States.
    Is the surname Fortenberry getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,589 in 2010, up 4.1%.