How rare is the last name Fortune?

11,480 people in the United States have the last name Fortune, about 1 in 26,036. It ranks #3,055 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FORTUNE

#3,055

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,480
About
1 in 26,036
This common or more
52.8%
Who bears it

Of the 11,480 people with the last name Fortune, 53.6% reported their origin as White, 36.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fortune

#3,053 Milner · 11,493#3,054 Lemons · 11,492#3,056 Stuckey · 11,476#3,057 Greenfield · 11,457

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fortune, most common first.

#3,341 Fortner · 10,544#4,223 Fortin · 8,137#7,369 Fortney · 4,362#8,762 Fortuna · 3,592#20,879 Fortino · 1,281#33,419 Forton · 734#37,662 Fortini · 635#56,219 Fortun · 393

Also a first name

As a first name, Fortune ranks #14,649 of 53,615, with 801 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 28 births. See Fortune as a first name

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