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    The surname Fortes

    A surname, carried by 1,988 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F632

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fortes is more common than 90.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,988 people named Fortes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,305 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,486.

    #14,881
    rank among US surnames
    1,988
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,483)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,876Bajwa1,990155,149
    #14,878Townson1,989155,227
    #14,881Bate1,988155,305

    Who is named Fortes

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

    32% of people named Fortes identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fortess

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Agostinho Fortes Filho
      Brazilian footballer and manager (1901-1966)
    • Roberto Fortes
      American basketball player, born 1984
    • Gabriel Pec
      Brazilian footballer, born 2001

    Notable Fortess come mostly from Brazil (2) and Angola (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fortes

    Fortes has the Soundex code F632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F632.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fortes?
    1,988 people in the United States had the surname Fortes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,305 Americans. It ranked 14,881st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fortes?
    In the 2010 Census, 32% of people named Fortes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fortes?
    Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager (1901-1966), followed by Roberto Fortes.
    Where is the surname Fortes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fortes in Brazil and Angola.
    Is the surname Fortes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,988 in 2010, up 34%.