The Forti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 760 people carried this name — #30,665 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 753 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,096 people named Forti 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Forti.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Var.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Forti live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
Who carried it
People named Forti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carlo Forti 1766–1845 · engineer -
Anton Forti 1790–1859 · singer -
Antonio Forti 1651–1707 · writer
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Carlo Antonio Forti 1657–1732 · engraver
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Nicola Forti 1714–1802 · architect
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Antonio Forti 1790–1859 · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Forti.
- 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
- Fortes 1,988 · 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
- Forton 713 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Forti is.
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