Fortune

By the numbers

People

11,480

Rank

3,055th

How common

1 in 26,000

Per 100,000

3.8

Where the name comes from

The name of the town in Newfoundland is derived from Portuguese fortuna (“luck, fortune”). The name may refer to a fortuitous event that occurred in the nearby bay.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Fortune described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

• White, not Hispanic 53.6%
• Black, not Hispanic 36.7%
• Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.5%
• Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
• Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
• American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Fortune

• Quinton Fortune (born 1977)South African footballer
• Dion Fortune (1890–1946)British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer
• Robert Fortune (1812–1880)British botanist
• Sonny Fortune (1939–2018)American saxophonist
• Yassin Fortuné (born 1999)Haitian-French association football player
• Marc-Antoine Fortuné (born 1981)French football manager
• Frederick Fortune (1921–1994)bobsledder
• Scott Fortune (born 1966)former volleyball player

People named Fortune with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Fortune

• Ford
• Forbes
• Foreman
• Forrest
• Forrester
• Forte
• Forsythe
• Forman
• Fortner
• Forster
• Forsyth
• Fortin

Also a first name

Fortune has been given to 534 American babies as a first name since 1915, peaking in 2017. See it as a given name.