de Forges Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

de Forges Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Forges 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
France291:2,290,439180,028
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Forges (21) may also be a first name.

de Forges Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Forges occurs most in France. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of de Forges are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most numerous forename worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.

It is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 2,290,439. In France it is most prevalent in: Normandy, where 38 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 24 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 24 percent are found. Outside of France this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent are found and Switzerland, where 6 percent are found.

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
des Forges95160/
de Forge9478/
de Fores940/
de Forest89286/
de Vorges8913/
des Forge8911/
de Forres891/
de Farges890/
de Forrest8427/
Des-Forges8424/
des Forest843/
de Foreest842/
des Forets841/
des Forged841/
de Fargues841/
des Forjes840/
de Fares8212/
de Forgi825/
de Farge822/
de Force822/
de Vores821/
de Foris821/
de Vorge821/
da Forge820/
de Forche7836/
de Verges7820/
De-Forest789/
de Forggi782/
de Fareas781/
de Varges781/
de Forist780/
des Verges741/
de Forshey740/
de Vares7135/
de Faris7129/
de Vorse713/
de Varge711/
de Farga711/
de Farez711/
De Farsi711/
de Farse711/
de Voris710/
de Farais675/
de Vergès674/
de Farios672/
di Verges670/
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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 Forges
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