The Forte surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 11,387 people carried this name — #2,891 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 731 people named Forte.
300 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
460 people named Forte live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 29 people named Forte 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 Liège.
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.
Who carried it
People named Forte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Miroslav Forte 1911– · artistic gymnast -
Allen Forte 1926–2014 · university teacher -
Francesco Forte 1929–2022 · politician -
Berry Forte 1937– · politician -
Michele Forte 1938–2016 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 168 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Forte.
- 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
- Fort 7,900 · 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
- Fortis 278 · U.S. census
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