The Fortmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 291 people carried this name — #67,747 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 275 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 106 people named Fortmann.
Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
20 people named Fortmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Fortmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Fortmann 1576–1654 · librarian
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Johann Gottfried Fortmann 1753–1821 · amtmann
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Johann Gottfried Fortmann 1753–1815 · amtmann
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Heinrich Fortmann 1805–1844 · teacher
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Wilhelm Fortmann 1814–1894 · banker
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Heinrich Fortmann 1842–1926 · pedagogue
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fortmann.
- Fortes 1,988 · 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
- Forton 713 · U.S. census
- Fortun 304 · U.S. census
- Fortuna 3,606 · U.S. census
- Fortunato 4,047 · U.S. census
- Fortune 11,748 · U.S. census
- Fos 213 · U.S. census
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