de La Foret Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
France

de La Foret Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de La Foret 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 States71:51,779,848968,877
France31:22,140,907385,998
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: de La Forêt (2) & de La Forét (1) are calculated separately.

de La Foret (26) may also be a first name.

de La Foret Last Name Facts

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

The surname de La Foret occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: de La Forêt or de La Forét. Click here for other potential spellings of de La Foret.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Foret? popularity and diffusion

The last name de La Foret is the 5,812,366th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of de La Foret live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most widespread given name at a global level, held by 26 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 57 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Ohio, where 14 percent live. Apart from The United States de La Foret occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 27 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

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 La Forêt972/
de La Forét971/
de La Forest96338/
de La Fore952/
de La Foreste921/
de La Forrest921/
de La Forge9128/
de La Fores911/
de La Fourge871/
de La Fare8637/
de La Farge825/
De-La-Forest781/
de La Varre735/
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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 La Foret
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