Fortune

in the US

There are 9,398 people with the last name "Fortune" in the United States.

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Fortune 2,975
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  1. is 2,971st most common Hamel
  2. is 2,972nd most common Seeley
  3. is 2,973rd most common Zhu
  4. is 2,974th most common Chiu
  5. is 2,975th most common Fortune
  6. is 2,976th most common Gresham
  7. is 2,977th most common Kiefer
  8. is 2,978th most common Watters
  9. is 2,979th most common Skidmore

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Fortune

James, John, William, Robert, Michael, Mary, David, Richard, Thomas, Joseph



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 (83 searches)

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