# Fortes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fortes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,988 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 155,305 people |
| Change since 2000 | +34% (1,486 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fortes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 20% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 14% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 6.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fortes in Brazil and Angola.

## People named Fortes

- Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager (1901-1966)
- Roberto Fortes, American basketball player
- Gabriel Pec, Brazilian footballer

## Similar surnames

Fordyce, Frates, Fortson, Fortescue, Fritz, Freitas, Fritts, Freitag, Fritsch, Fritch, Fritsche, Fertig.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.