de Forrest Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

de Forrest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Forrest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1131:444,41332,195

de Forrest Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Forrest has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

de Forrest is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname de Forrest is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of de Forrest are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname de Forrest is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 14,498,357. In The United States de Forrest is most frequent in: Washington, where 24 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and New York, where 16 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Bahamas, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

de Forrest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Forrest has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Forrest Last Name Statistics demography

de Forrest earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.58% less than the national average, earning $39,016 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Forrest
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