The Fortunato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,047 people carried this name — #8,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,902 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fortunato surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Borrowed from Latin Fortūnātus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fortunato» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,528 people named Fortunato 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
274 people named Fortunato live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 262 people named Fortunato.
108 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 105 people named Fortunato 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 Hainaut.
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
Fortunato in American newspapers,
1859–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,585 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fortunato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giustino Fortunato 1777–1862 · politician -
Giustino Fortunato 1848–1932 · writer -
Gregório Fortunato 1900–1962 · politician -
Mario Fortunato 1904–1970 · association football coach -
Valentina Fortunato 1928–2019 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 104 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fortunato.
- 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
- 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
- Fossier 157 · U.S. census
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