The Fortin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,814 people carried this name — #4,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,379 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,025 people named Fortin.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Vendée.
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 166 people named Fortin 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
81 people named Fortin live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Fortin 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.
In print
Fortin in American newspapers,
1908–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,894 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fortin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette 1643–1715 · Catholic bishop -
Josef František Fortin 1727–1762 · architect -
Charles Fortin 1815–1865 · painter -
Pierre-Étienne Fortin 1823–1888 · physician -
Delphine Arnould de Cool-Fortin 1830–1921 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 226 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fortin.
- 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
- Fortier 7,634 · 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
- Fortuna 3,606 · U.S. census
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