Fort Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Fort is a branch of the Forte name tree. In origin, the name means “Descendant of Fort (strong); the strong man”. Fort drops the “e” of Forte, a shortening that clerks often made. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

In Spain, the INE population register lists 2,039 people with Fort as their first surname and 2,086 as their second. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Fort with 8,117 bearers, at rank 4,382.

Arms linked to Forte and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Fort family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.