Fort is used as a family name or surname in Italy, Germany, France, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fort
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Italy, Germany, France, England
Meaning:

Fort is the form of Fortner. A combatant in a tilting match.

Descendant of Fort meaning "strong"; the strong man.

Fort is variant form of Ortiz. The son of Ordono meaning "the unfortunate".

French Le Fort. Strong, powerful.

Fort is a variant form of the Forty. Forty is used by the Scottish poet Douglas, in the sense of brave. French fort. Hence these names probably refer to the courage of their original owners.

How popular is Fort?

Fort is common in France, United States, Spain, England, Italy, Romania, Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland, Haiti, Canada, Uruguay, Russia, Venezuela, Peru.

Fort is ranked 17930 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fort bearers increased by 2.75 per cent in 2010 US census to 8117 since 2000, the surname slipped by 231 spots and ranked at 4382. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.22 65.04
Black 31.02 30.44
Hispanic or Latino 3.7 2.25
Others 2.08 1.62
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 0.38
Fort is quite popular family name mostly used in France however Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 30812 people have been found who wears Fort as their family name. Fort is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Fort:
480 France11,493
4,114 United States11,001
Countries with thousands of Fort:
2,225 Spain2,312
Countries with hundreds of Fort:
7,223 England910
16,364 Italy642
5,317 Romania479
7,489 Australia435
9,258 Argentina390
6,097 Belgium308
28,389 Brazil274
4,627 Switzerland266
2,897 Haiti226
16,632 Canada223
2,183 Uruguay179
66,288 Russia178
4,983 Venezuela178
10,019 Peru135
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,115 Mexico95
62,206 Germany93
5,063 Dominican Republic85
201,049 India72
57,770 South Africa61
8,852 Chile57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
696 Bahamas48
32,568 Czechia45
14,290 New Zealand41
69,208 Turkey39
5,451 Cuba37
2,168 New Caledonia31
4,315 Luxembourg30
24,545 Hungary29
12,265 Portugal28
38,119 Austria24
702 Andorra23
58,330 Netherlands22
11,611 Singapore21
15,044 Scotland16
120,990 Poland12
3,496 Senegal12
390,733 Thailand12
33,360 Croatia11
207,772 Philippines11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
36,116 United Arab Emirates10
5,402 Chad9
48,153 Egypt9
11,581 Ghana9
23,279 Liberia9
54,497 Morocco9
3,042 Puerto Rico9
8,246 Tunisia9
47,042 Japan8
310,552 Nigeria8
10,125 China7
2,872 Jersey7
9,165 Transnistria7
114,218 Uganda7
89,472 Belarus6
199,837 Iran6
55,549 Norway6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old workman John Fort who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on June 26, 1849 by Argyle put out from Liverpool. Margt. Fort, aged 28, Immigrant David Fort, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

25 years old blacksmith Dominique Fort who was residing in Italy migrated to Philadelphia on October 9, 1876 by Nederland put out from Antwerp. Farmer Giottini Fort, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Jules-Fr. Fort worked as farmer and hailed from France. 42 years old embarked for New York from Havre on Leonidas and arrived on June 12, 1852. Marianne Fort, 30 years old U Fort, Francois Fort (56) Farmer, Servant Lessi Fort, Johann Fort (31) Locksmith, 26 years old Lisette Fort, Anna Fort, Catharine Fort (37) Farmer, and 23 other Fort around 53.85% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant and laborer migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp, Liverpool & Queenstown and Rotterdam.

Fort Namesakes

  • Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer of novels, poems and essays
  • Matthew Fort, British food writer and critic
  • Pierre Grimod du Fort, fermier général and art collector under Louis XV
  • Charles Fort, American writer and researcher
  • Paul Fort, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement
  • John Franklin Fort, American Republican Party politician,
  • Syvilla Fort, American dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher
  • George Franklin Fort, physician, politician, judge
  • Cornelia Fort, United States aviator
  • Garrett Fort, American short story writer, playwright
  • Vincent Fort, former state Senator
  • Greenbury L. Fort, U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • Franklin William Fort, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
  • René Le Fort, French surgeon

Fort Namesakes

  • Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer of novels, poems and essays
  • Matthew Fort, British food writer and critic
  • Pierre Grimod du Fort, fermier général and art collector under Louis XV
  • Charles Fort, American writer and researcher
  • Paul Fort, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement
  • John Franklin Fort, American Republican Party politician,
  • Syvilla Fort, American dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher
  • George Franklin Fort, physician, politician, judge
  • Cornelia Fort, United States aviator
  • Garrett Fort, American short story writer, playwright
  • Vincent Fort, former state Senator
  • Greenbury L. Fort, U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • Franklin William Fort, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
  • René Le Fort, French surgeon

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