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Fortune

in New Jersey

There are 213 people with the last name "Fortune" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Fortune 3,737
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  1. is 3,733rd most common Soler
  2. is 3,734th most common Benoit
  3. is 3,735th most common Daniele
  4. is 3,736th most common Digirolamo
  5. is 3,737th most common Fortune
  6. is 3,738th most common Gluck
  7. is 3,739th most common Grau
  8. is 3,740th most common Morillo
  9. is 3,741st most common Pinheiro

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Fortune

Robert, Karen, William, Joseph, James, John, Juanita, Tracy, Williams, Andrea

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.

Recent Searches for "Fortune" in New Jersey

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Robert Fortune, NJ (7 searches)
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