The Fortes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,988 people carried this name — #14,881 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 34% from 1,486 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 490 people named Fortes live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
137 people named Fortes live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 114 people named Fortes.
Most of them — 81 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
60 people named Fortes is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Fortes in American newspapers,
1861–1940.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 505,523 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fortes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel de Azevedo Fortes 1660–1749 · architect -
Xosé Fortes Bouzán 1934– · military officer -
Robert I. Fortes 1942–1979 · politician -
Márcio Fortes 1944– · politician -
Antón Fortes Torres 1957– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 52 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fortes.
- Forray 134 · U.S. census
- Forret 187 · U.S. census
- Forst 2,283 · U.S. census
- Forster 9,116 · U.S. census
- Fort 8,117 · U.S. census
- Forte 12,023 · U.S. census
- Forti 760 · U.S. census
- Fortier 7,634 · U.S. census
- Fortin 8,814 · U.S. census
- Fortini 519 · U.S. census
- Fortis 240 · U.S. census
- Fortmann 291 · U.S. census
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