de La Forêt Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

de La Forêt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de La Forêt 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
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: de La Foret (11) & de La Forét (1) are calculated separately.

de La Forêt Last Name Facts

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

The surname de La Forêt occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: de La Foret or de La Forét. For other potential spellings of de La Forêt click here.

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

The surname de La Forêt is the 11,742,229th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname de La Forêt is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of de La Forêt reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 66,422,722. In France it is most prevalent in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 100 percent are found. Outside of France this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 50 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
de La Foret9711/
de La Forét971/
de La Forest87338/
de La Fore862/
de La Foreste831/
de La Forrest831/
de La Forge8228/
de La Fores821/
de La Fourge781/
de La Fare7637/
de La Farge735/
De-La-Forest701/
de La Varre645/
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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 Forêt
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