Heraldry and the Fortes Surname

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Fortes family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Fortes by the numbers

Fortes is a last name with a clear footprint in official records.

Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Fortes line back. No reliable dictionary entry explains Fortes, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors. About 1,988 people in the United States were recorded as Fortes in 2010, placing it 14,881 on the national list. Spanish register data show 4,095 residents carrying Fortes as first surname, and 4,152 as second surname.

Get the complete Fortes report, with a museum-style coat of arms.