Fortnum Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 3
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Fortnum Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fortnum family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Male Servant 1
Butcher 1
Stationer 1
Dealer In Cattle 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fortnum

Name Census Frequency
William Fortnum 49
Mary Fortnum 42
John Fortnum 33
Thomas Fortnum 26
Elizabeth Fortnum 25
George Fortnum 19
Sarah Fortnum 16
Joseph Fortnum 15
Ann Fortnum 14
Annie Fortnum 14
Solomon Fortnum 12
Edith Fortnum 11
Emily Fortnum 11
Edward Fortnum 10
Eliza Fortnum 9
Frederick Fortnum 9
Henry Fortnum 9
Charles Fortnum 8
Emma Fortnum 8
Jane Fortnum 8
Arthur Fortnum 7
Ellen Fortnum 7
Ethel Fortnum 7
Herbert Fortnum 7
Sophia Fortnum 7

Fortnum Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fortnam 86% 751
2 Fortnum 100% 592

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The surname Fortnum is the 2nd most popular variant of Fortnam.

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