Fòrster Surname
14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 1 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands
Fòrster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Forster (73,956) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forster | 95 | 73,956 | / |
| Farster | 86 | 244 | / |
| Foirster | 80 | 9 | / |
| Forrster | 80 | 8 | / |
| Forshter | 80 | 3 | / |
| Forstier | 80 | 2 | / |
| Forszter | 80 | 1 | / |
| Forsther | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fosrster | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fourster | 80 | 1 | / |
| Forsteir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Forstter | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foorster | 80 | 0 | / |
| Forste | 77 | 377 | / |
| Farste | 77 | 7 | / |
| Forshteer | 75 | 3 | / |
| Forschter | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vorster | 71 | 28,273 | / |
| Forstie | 71 | 123 | / |
| Forsterová | 71 | 100 | / |
| Forstey | 71 | 16 | / |
| Forsted | 71 | 15 | / |
| Forsthe | 71 | 14 | / |
| Farstey | 71 | 6 | / |
| Forzter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forstet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forstes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forstir | 71 | 0 | / |
| Farshtei | 67 | 67 | / |
| Forstedt | 67 | 54 | / |
| Farshtey | 67 | 46 | / |
| Farshteh | 67 | 44 | / |
| Farstead | 67 | 35 | / |
| Vorshter | 67 | 3 | / |
| Farsztej | 67 | 2 | / |
| Forstyhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Farstedt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vorsteer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forstead | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fòrster
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis