Foerstnow Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Foerstnow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Foerstnow 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
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Foerstnow Last Name Facts

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

Foerstnow is found most in Brazil. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foerstnow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Foerstnow reside; 85 percent reside in South America and 85 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 91 percent are found and Federal District, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Brazil Foerstnow occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 8 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
Fuerstnow892/
Furstnow8265/
Fürstnow8222/
Fürstenow7829/
Furstenow780/
Verstynew671/
Furstnoff670/

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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 Foerstnow
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