Fortuin
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Fortuin is a surname, most frequently recorded in South Africa. It appears chiefly in English and Western Frisian, written in the Latin script.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 2.4K◐
- NLNetherlands1 in 17K
- AUAustralia1 in 533K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | 6,452 | 67% |
| NL Netherlands | 1,677 | 17% |
| US United States | 906 | 9% |
| AU Australia | 125 | 1% |
| DE Germany | 78 | 1% |
≈9,238 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English6.5K67%
- Western Frisian1.1K12%
- Afrikaans93610%
- Dutch5726%
- Southern Sotho1952%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 6,498 | 67% |
| Western Frisian | 1,134 | 12% |
| Afrikaans | 936 | 10% |
| Dutch | 572 | 6% |
| Southern Sotho | 195 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Dirk Fortuinb. 1901NLDutch rower (1901-1986)
- Arnold Fortuinb. 1901DEGerman priest
- Jacob Fortuinb. 1903NLHolocaust victim (born 1903)
- Henk Fortuinb. 1916NLDutch painter (1916-2007)
- Henny Fortuinb. 1954NLDutch creator
- Nicole Fortuinb. 1992ZASouth African actress
- Reinhardt Fortuinb. 1996ZASouth African rugby union player
- Aston Fortuinb. 1996ZASouth African rugby union footballer (1996-)
- Kyra Fortuinb. 1997NLDutch field hockey player
- - FortuinNLDutch association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 12 sources across 9 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 13 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Fortuin?
- Our records include 9,238 bearers of Fortuin across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Fortuin have the most bearers?
- Fortuin is most frequently recorded in South Africa.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fortuin”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.