How common is the surname Fortin?

8,814 people in the United States had the surname Fortin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,029 Americans. It ranked 4,029th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fortin?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Fortin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fortin getting more or less common?

More common. 8,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,814 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Fortin

A French surname, carried by 8,814 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fortin is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Fortin.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,814 people named Fortin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,029 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,379.

#4,029

rank among US surnames

8,814

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,894)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,021	Peebles	8,843	34,914
#4,022	Chiang	8,841	34,922
#4,024	Fung	8,837	34,938
#4,025	Hutchings	8,833	34,954
#4,026	Himes	8,831	34,962
#4,027	Frame	8,827	34,977
#4,028	Creel	8,815	35,025

Who is named Fortin

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

89% of people named Fortin identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fortin

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fortin come from?: From French Fortin.
How common is the surname Fortin?: 8,814 people in the United States had the surname Fortin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,029 Americans. It ranked 4,029th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fortin?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Fortin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fortin getting more or less common?: More common. 8,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,814 in 2010, up 5.2%.