The Fortier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,634 people carried this name — #4,649 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,543 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,107 people named Fortier.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 56 people named Fortier 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
25 people named Fortier live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 print
Fortier in American newspapers,
1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,033,636 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fortier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin Fortier d. 2020 · researcher
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Alexandre Fortier 1700–1770
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Claude-François Fortier 1775–1835 · artist
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Thomas Fortier 1796–1876 · physician
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Prudent Fortier 1800–1862
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Octave-Cyrille Fortier 1810–1872 · physician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fortier.
- 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
- Forti 760 · 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
- Fortun 304 · U.S. census
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