Tracing the Fortier Family Name

The Fortier last name leaves a measurable trail in public statistics. About 7,634 people in the United States were recorded as Fortier in 2010, placing it 4,649 on the national list. That puts it among the top 5,000 US surnames. Between 1891 and 2000, 4,906 babies born in France were registered as Fortier, with the most births in 1951–1960. Births ran at 278 in 1891–1900 and 404 in 1991–2000. We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Fortier, the family's own records come first.

Sharing the Fortier name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Want more than a summary? See the Fortier family name pack.