Fortes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Fortes family

The surname Fortes was first found in Guyenne.

Early History of the Fortes family

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Fortes Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Laforte, Lafort, Fort, Forte, Forteau, Fortier and others.

Early Notables of the Fortes family

Notable amongst the name was Ferjeux Fortier, a colonel in 1768. Jean-Antoine Siméon-Fort, born in 1793, was a painter in Valence; Jean-Aimé-Aristide Fort was rear admiral in 1845; Joseph-August-Aristide Fort was a pharmacist at this time; Jacques-Paul Fort was a general in...
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Fortes Ranking

In the United States, the name Fortes is the 16,164^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Fortes migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fortes Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Salvador Fortes, who arrived in Florida in 1838 2
Philip Fortes, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1857 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Fortes (post 1700) +

Corsino António Fortes (1933-2015), Cape Verdean writer, poet and diplomat, the 1st Ambassador of Cape Verde to Portugal from 1975 until 1981
William Wyse Fortes, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Professor Meyer Fortes, British Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Emmanuel Fortes Nascimento (b. 1970), Brazilian gold and silver medalist freestyle swimmer at the 1991 Pan American Games

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)