How common is the surname Fortier?

7,634 people in the United States had the surname Fortier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,443 Americans. It ranked 4,649th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fortier?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fortier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Fortier most common?

Wikidata records people named Fortier in Canada.

Is the surname Fortier getting more or less common?

More common. 7,543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,634 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Fortier

A surname, carried by 7,634 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fortier is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,634 people named Fortier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,443 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,543.

#4,649

rank among US surnames

7,634

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,352)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,644	Reuter	7,643	40,396
#4,645	Whiteman	7,642	40,401
#4,648	Driggers	7,641	40,406
#4,649	Fortier	7,634	40,443
#4,650	Stroup	7,627	40,481

Who is named Fortier

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

92% of people named Fortier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fortiers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herbert Fortier
Actor, 1867–1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fortier

Ferriter

Fortier has the Soundex code F636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F636.

Questions

How common is the surname Fortier?: 7,634 people in the United States had the surname Fortier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,443 Americans. It ranked 4,649th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fortier?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fortier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fortier?: Herbert Fortier, actor.
Where is the surname Fortier most common?: Wikidata records people named Fortier in Canada.
Is the surname Fortier getting more or less common?: More common. 7,543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,634 in 2010, up 1.2%.