The Fort surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,900 people carried this name — #4,151 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,855 people named Fort.
105 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Charente.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
198 people named Fort live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 111 people named Fort live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fort.
- Fornes 589 · U.S. census
- Forni 588 · U.S. census
- Forray 117 · U.S. census
- Forret 183 · U.S. census
- Forst 2,195 · U.S. census
- Forster 9,033 · U.S. census
- Forte 11,387 · U.S. census
- Fortes 1,486 · U.S. census
- Forti 753 · U.S. census
- Fortier 7,543 · U.S. census
- Fortin 8,379 · U.S. census
- Fortini 624 · U.S. census
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