How common is the surname Fortner?

11,951 people in the United States had the surname Fortner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,834 Americans. It ranked 3,001st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fortner?

Nell Fortner, American basketball player-coach.

Where is the surname Fortner most common?

Wikidata records people named Fortner in the United States.

Is the surname Fortner getting more or less common?

More common. 11,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,951 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Fortner

A surname, carried by 11,951 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). Fortner is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,951 people named Fortner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,834 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,209.

#3,001

rank among US surnames

11,951

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,955)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,992	Beverly	11,978	25,776
#2,993	Wylie	11,975	25,783
#2,994	Fallon	11,974	25,785
#2,995	Billingsley	11,973	25,787
#2,996	Stack	11,967	25,800
#2,997	Chowdhury	11,961	25,813
#2,998	Pascual	11,959	25,817

Who is named Fortner

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

90% of people named Fortner identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fortners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nell Fortner
American basketball player-coach, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fortner

Fortner 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 Fortner?: 11,951 people in the United States had the surname Fortner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,834 Americans. It ranked 3,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fortner?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Fortner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fortner?: Nell Fortner, American basketball player-coach.
Where is the surname Fortner most common?: Wikidata records people named Fortner in the United States.
Is the surname Fortner getting more or less common?: More common. 11,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,951 in 2010, up 6.6%.