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Fortune

in New York

There are 714 people with the last name "Fortune" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

NameRank
Fortune 2,216
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  1. is 2,212th most common Oswald
  2. is 2,213th most common Carlo
  3. is 2,214th most common Encarnacion
  4. is 2,215th most common Fahey
  5. is 2,216th most common Fortune
  6. is 2,217th most common Osborn
  7. is 2,218th most common Schlesinger
  8. is 2,219th most common Comstock
  9. is 2,220th most common Currie

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Fortune

Marie, John, Jennifer, William, Mary, Michael, Richard, Robert

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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Marie Fortune, NY (9 searches)
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