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Fortune

in California

There are 564 people with the last name "Fortune" in California.

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Ranking in California

NameRank
Fortune 4,581
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  1. is 4,577th most common Box
  2. is 4,578th most common Buffington
  3. is 4,579th most common Encarnacion
  4. is 4,580th most common Fawcett
  5. is 4,581st most common Fortune
  6. is 4,582nd most common Hefner
  7. is 4,583rd most common Kuntz
  8. is 4,584th most common Lobato
  9. is 4,585th most common Margolis

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Fortune

James, Linda, John, William, Robert, Thomas, Cookie, David, Donald

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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James Fortune, CA (7 searches)
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