The fort Surname

fort Name Meaning and History

English, French, and Catalan: nickname from Old French, Middle English, Catalan fort, ‘strong’, ‘brave’ (Latin fortis). In some cases it may be from the Latin personal name derived from this word; this was borne by an obscure saint whose cult was popular during the Middle Ages in southern and southwestern France.
English and French: topographic name for someone who lived near a fortress or stronghold, or an occupational name for someone employed in one. Compare Fortier 1.
Czech (Fort): variant of Forst.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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fort Family Facts

Distribution of fort Families in the US in 1920

Number of fort families

65-128

22-64

1-21

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 148 - Messages: 453

Thread	Author	Replies
From Foert to Feurt to Fort	Pam Robinson	12
Looking for a book	Thomas Atkinson	0
Is the Fort surname headed for exinction?	fortt3	1
Elias Fort Family/VA	FrankiCramer	2
Christopher Fort	bilback	3
Fort Tuskegee AL / Cleveland OH	JoAnn Norman	2
E. Roy Fort of Jacksonville, TX 1926	drbrownlee	0
Fort-McDowell, Kershaw Co., SC	fortt3	0
Fort Family -Tuskegee/Ohio	JoAnn Norman	1
NEW BOOK	fortt3	1

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