How common is the surname Fortunato?

4,047 people in the United States had the surname Fortunato in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,290 Americans. It ranked 8,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fortunato?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fortunato identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fortunato?

Mario Fortunato, Argentine footballer and manager (1904-1970), followed by Sergio Fortunato.

Where is the surname Fortunato most common?

Wikidata records people named Fortunato in Argentina and Brazil.

Is the surname Fortunato getting more or less common?

More common. 3,902 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,047 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Fortunato

An Italian surname, carried by 4,047 people in the United States.

4 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). Fortunato is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Fortunato.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,047 people named Fortunato in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,290 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,902.

#8,201

rank among US surnames

4,047

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,864)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,195	Teter	4,050	76,233
#8,196	McAbee	4,049	76,252
#8,198	Woosley	4,048	76,271
#8,201	Macomber	4,047	76,290
#8,205	Gallup	4,046	76,309
#8,206	Matamoros	4,044	76,347
#8,209	Asuncion	4,042	76,384

Who is named Fortunato

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

82% of people named Fortunato identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fortunatos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mario Fortunato
Argentine footballer and manager (1904-1970)
Sergio Fortunato
Argentinian association football player, born 1956
Gilberto Fortunato
Brazilian footballer, born 1987

Notable Fortunatos come mostly from Argentina (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fortunato

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fortunato come from?: Borrowed from Italian Fortunato.
How common is the surname Fortunato?: 4,047 people in the United States had the surname Fortunato in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,290 Americans. It ranked 8,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fortunato?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fortunato identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fortunato?: Mario Fortunato, Argentine footballer and manager (1904-1970), followed by Sergio Fortunato.
Where is the surname Fortunato most common?: Wikidata records people named Fortunato in Argentina and Brazil.
Is the surname Fortunato getting more or less common?: More common. 3,902 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,047 in 2010, up 3.7%.