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Fortune

in North Carolina

There are 402 people with the last name "Fortune" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Fortune 2,557
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  1. is 2,553rd most common Mcfalls
  2. is 2,554th most common Suddreth
  3. is 2,555th most common Worth
  4. is 2,556th most common Duran
  5. is 2,557th most common Fortune
  6. is 2,558th most common Holshouser
  7. is 2,559th most common Landis
  8. is 2,560th most common Novak
  9. is 2,561st most common Babb

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Fortune

Charles, John, Kenneth, Mary, William, Douglas, Richard, Christopher, Dawn, Deborah

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 North Carolina

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Charles Fortune, NC (6 searches)
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