Foerster Surname

52,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Foerster Surname Definition:

(German) A forest warden or gamekeeper.

Foerster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0251:90,05210,123
Germany3,7871:21,2582,828
Canada3951:93,28010,196
Israel2371:36,1085,008
Brazil2311:926,72933,128
France2081:319,34048,512
Thailand1611:438,74776,894
Poland1431:265,79532,854
Austria781:109,17215,555
Belgium771:149,30720,954
Switzerland591:139,20213,535
Argentina551:777,15351,982
Australia391:692,19746,687
England361:1,547,72466,012
Czechia291:366,67143,532
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Paraguay131:556,6737,036
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Norway61:857,04855,549
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
China41:341,830,39216,990
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2921:171,98215,490

Foerster (188) may also be a first name.

Foerster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) A forest warden or gamekeeper.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Foerster Last Name Facts

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

Foerster is found most in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foerster? popularity and diffusion

It is the 52,502nd most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 747,747 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 46 percent of Foerster live; 43 percent live in Western Europe and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. Foerster is also the 663,277th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 188 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,025 people, or 1 in 90,052. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 19 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States Foerster occurs in 57 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Foerster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Foerster has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Foerster surname rose 1,378 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foerster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foerster surname are 17.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.1% registered with the party.

The amount Foerster earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 7.04% more than the national average, earning 370,461 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.88% more than the national average, earning $46,549 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.55% more than the national average, earning $54,427 CAD per year.

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Foerster Reference & Research

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