de For Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de For Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de For Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de For Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de For Come From? nationality or country of origin

de For is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of de For click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de For? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of de For reside; 75 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 67 percent reside and Santa Catarina, where 33 percent reside. Outside of Brazil de For is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Four92632/
de Ford92261/
de Foor9275/
de Foer9246/
de Fort9244/
de Fore9216/
de Forr920/
de Foort861/
de Forth861/
der Ford861/
de Vor83355/
de Fur831/
de Far831/
de Voor7745/
de Voir776/
De-Ford774/
De-Four774/
di Fore773/
de Fure772/
De-Fort771/
de Vour771/
da Fore771/
da Four770/
de Farr770/
de Faure7113/
de Var673/
da Faar621/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de For
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