American Family Name Origins:
La Forte
Frequency: (222)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: altered form of Lo Forte, a nickname meaning ‘the strong one’. The feminine form is probably due to the influence of the Italian word famiglia ‘family’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 8%. Carmine (2), Liberato, Sal, Salvatore, Vito.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
