as a Last Name
- 12,227
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Fortner
Meaning & Origins
German: variant (also Förtner) or Americanized form of Pförtner, occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper in a great house, castle, or monastery, Middle High German portenaere (from Latin porta ‘door’, ‘gate’). Compare English Porter.
| 2,986th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,227
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Fortner per capita
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