# Fortson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fortson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,273 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,765 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,255 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (4,079 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fortson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 41% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fortson in the United States.

## People named Fortson

- Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress
- Courtney Fortson, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Danny Fortson, American basketball player (born 1976)

## Similar surnames

Fortes, Fortescue, Fritz, Freitas, Fritts, Freitag, Fritsch, Fordyce, Fritch, Fritsche, Fertig, Fretz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.