The Fortuna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,606 people carried this name — #9,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,209 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
3,179 people named Fortuna have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,662 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,234 people named Fortuna 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 144 people named Fortuna.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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
61 people named Fortuna live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 34 people named Fortuna 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 the Nordic population registers
28 people named Fortuna is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Fortuna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ignatius Fortuna 1800–1789 -
Vasyl Fortuna 1810–1893 · politician -
Oreste Fortuna 1893–1974 · military leader -
Oreste Fortuna 1893–1974 · military leader
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Giovanni Fortuna 1535–1611 · goldsmith
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Alessandro Fortuna 1596–1623 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fortuna.
- 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
- Fortunato 4,047 · U.S. census
- Fortune 11,748 · U.S. census
- Fos 213 · U.S. census
- Fossati 250 · U.S. census
- Fosse 739 · U.S. census
- Fossey 282 · U.S. census
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