des Forest Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

des Forest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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des Forest 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
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

des Forest Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name des Forest Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname des Forest is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of des Forest click here.

How Common Is The Last Name des Forest? popularity and diffusion

des Forest is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. des Forest is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of des Forest reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname des Forest is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. In France des Forest is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 50 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 50 percent are found. Other than France des Forest exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 33 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 Forest95286/
des Forges90160/
de Forrest9027/
de Foreest902/
des Forets901/
de Fores890/
de Forges8434/
des Forge8411/
De-Forest849/
de Forres841/
de Forist840/
de Forast840/
de Fore8216/
Des-Forges8024/
des Forged801/
de Forge7878/
de Fares7812/
de Foris781/
de Vores781/
de Fourie742/
de Fareas741/
de Farges740/
de Fourey740/
de Vore71256/
di Fore713/
de Fora712/
da Fore711/
de Vares6735/
de Faris6729/
de Faure6713/
de Forgi675/
de Vorre673/
de Forio672/
de Farge672/
de Voire672/
de Farie671/
de Farez671/
da Forge670/
de Voris670/
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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 Forest
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