Des-Forges Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Des-Forges Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Des-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
England191:2,932,529101,561
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Des-Forges Last Name Facts

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

Des-Forges is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Des-Forges? popularity and diffusion

The last name Des-Forges is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Des-Forges is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Des-Forges live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,932,529. In England it is most numerous in: Durham, where 47 percent are found, Buckinghamshire, where 26 percent are found and Tyne and Wear, where 16 percent are found. Beside England Des-Forges occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 4 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 Forges90160/
de Forges8434/
des Forge8411/
De-Forest849/
des Forest803/
des Forged801/
des Forets801/
des Forjes800/
de Forge7878/
de Fores780/
de Forest74286/
de Vorges7413/
de Forres741/
de Farges740/
de Forrest7027/
de Foreest702/
des Verges701/
de Fargues701/
de Fares6712/
de Forgi675/
de Farge672/
de Force672/
De-Vares671/
de Foris671/
de Vorge671/
de Vores671/
da Forge670/
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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 Des-Forges
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