where does the name fortenberry originate?

Answer 1

Hey MR Horn,

There are 124 entries in the Family Search Site. Of them only 2 are not in the US, which gives an indication of where the name comes from.

International Genealogical Index - British Isles
51. Nettie Fortenberry - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Birth: 16 NOV 1882 Chillingham, Northumberland, England

Matches: International Genealogical Index/British Isles - 1

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International Genealogical Index - Germany
52. ELIZABETH FORTENBERRY - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Female Birth: 1800 , , Germany

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English:
Spelling variations of this family name include: Fountberry, Fountenberry, Fortenberry, Ferontberry, Faukethbery, Fawtenberry, Fountainberry, Sicheberry, Southberry, Southburi, Sicherbury and many more.

First found in Bedfordshire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Florida, and to the islands.

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German
Spelling variations of this family name include: Furstenberg, Fürstenberg, Furstengerger, Furstenbusch, Forstenberg, Foersdenberg, Vorstenberg and many more.

First found in Baden, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Elizabeth Forss, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1796; Antoine Fuerstenberger, who settled in Texas in 1846; Lorentz Fuerstenberg, who arrived in New York, NY in 1854.

Answer 2

Looks like an English name