How common is the surname Fortman?

1,291 people in the United States had the surname Fortman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,152 Americans. It ranked 20,541st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fortman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,291 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Fortman

A surname, carried by 1,291 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). Fortman is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,291 people named Fortman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,152 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,352.

#20,541

rank among US surnames

1,291

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,755)

Who is named Fortman

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

94% of people named Fortman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fortman

Fortman 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 Fortman?: 1,291 people in the United States had the surname Fortman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,152 Americans. It ranked 20,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fortman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fortman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fortman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,291 in 2010, down 4.5%.