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Fortune

in Alabama

There are 143 people with the last name "Fortune" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Fortune 3,440
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  1. is 3,436th most common Ashmore
  2. is 3,437th most common Boudreaux
  3. is 3,438th most common Branton
  4. is 3,439th most common Delaine
  5. is 3,440th most common Fortune
  6. is 3,441st most common Hardaway
  7. is 3,442nd most common Holiday
  8. is 3,443rd most common Mccarroll
  9. is 3,444th most common Minchew

Similar Names and Nicknames

Forte, Fortner, Fort, Fortin, Fortier, Fortenberry, Fortney, Fortson, Fortunato, Fortuna

Most Common First Names for Fortune

John, Gary, Clarence, Jennifer, Peggy, Tommy, David, Debbie, Edmund, Effie

Meaning & History

English and French: nickname for a gambler or for someone considered fortunate or well favored, from Middle English, Old French fortune ‘chance’, ‘luck’. In some cases it may derive from the rare medieval personal name Fortune (Latin Fortunius).

French (Fortuné): from the personal name Fortuné, a vernacular form of the Late Latin personal name Fortunatus meaning ‘prosperous’, ‘happy’.

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, probably so named from Old English fōr ‘hog’, ‘pig’ + tūn ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; John de Fortun was servant to the abbot of Kelso c. 1200.

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John Fortune, AL (6 searches)
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