In Croatia, Fortner families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Mursko Sredisce area and in Cakovec.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Fortner live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four naselja i to in Strigova in Mursko Sredisce area (10), Dragoslavec in Cakovec area (<5), and in Grabrovnik (<5) and Banfi (<5) in Mursko Sredisce area.