The Fortini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 519 people carried this name — #41,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 17% from 624 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Fortini surname
Diminutive form of the surname Forti.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Fortini» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 635 people named Fortini 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 105 people named Fortini.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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
35 people named Fortini live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fortini.
- 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
- Fortin 8,814 · 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
- Fortunato 4,047 · U.S. census
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