Fortunati
surname · Latin script
Meaning: masculine plural of fortunato
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Fortunati is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Argentina.
- ITItaly
- ARArgentina
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
masculine plural of fortunato
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- ARArgentina
- USUnited States
- ITItaly
- BRBrazil
- FRFrance
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Fortunati is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, do nome latino Fortunatus; consagrado a Fortuna
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Italian, Variante di Fortuna
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
In Latin, inflection of fortūnātus:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gian Francesco Fortunatib. 1746ITItalian composer
- Alfredo Fortunatib. 1860ITItalian politician
- Paolo Fortunatib. 1906ITItalian politician (1906–1980)
- Leo Fortunatib. 1935NLbadminton player
- Vita Fortunatib. 1941ITItalian anglist (born 1941)
- Leopoldina Fortunatib. 1949ITItalian academic
- Regina Becker Fortunatib. 1957BRBrazilian politician
- Nicoletta Fortunatiresearcher
- Elisabetta FortunatiITresearcher
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(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 592 | #14,600 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 202 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 137 | #129,703 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 108 | #151,532 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 81 | #22,216 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 32 | #60,705 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 32 | #60,133 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 21 | #35,283 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 21 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 20 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 16 | #55,163 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Fortunati mean, and where does it come from?
- masculine plural of fortunato Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Fortunati have the most bearers?
- Fortunati is most frequently recorded in Argentina.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fortunati”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.