de Forest Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

de Forest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Forest 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
United States1331:2,725,255163,031
Australia601:449,92835,109
Canada591:624,50251,218
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3491:143,89313,487

de Forest (24) may also be a first name.

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de Forest Demographics

Average de Forest Salary in
United States

$70,934 USD

Per year
Rank:
102,497 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.82787E-5
Rank: 204,037 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
164.39%
Sample size: 34 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Forest Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Forest is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 924,083rd most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The surname de Forest is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of de Forest reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. de Forest is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread given name throughout the world, held by 24 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 2,725,255. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 18 percent reside, New York, where 15 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 21 percent reside and Canada, where 21 percent reside.

de Forest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Forest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the de Forest last name decreased 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Forest Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Forest earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 64.39% more than the national average, earning $70,934 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning $52,536 CAD per year.

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 Forrest9527/
des Forest953/
de Foreest952/
de Fores940/
de Forges8934/
De-Forest899/
de Forres891/
de Forist890/
de Forast890/
de Fore8816/
des Forges84160/
des Forets841/
de Forge8278/
de Fares8212/
de Foris821/
de Vores821/
des Forge7811/
de Fourie782/
de Fareas781/
de Fourey780/
de Farges780/
de Vore75256/
di Fore753/
de Fora752/
da Fore751/
Des-Forges7424/
des Forged741/
de Vares7135/
de Faris7129/
de Faure7113/
de Forgi715/
de Vorre713/
de Farge712/
de Voire712/
de Forio712/
de Farie711/
de Farez711/
de Voris710/
da Forge710/
de Farais675/
de Farios672/
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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 Forest
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