Forain Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Forain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 107 | 1:620,773 | 81,454 |
| Belgium | 50 | 1:229,933 | 29,007 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Forain (49) may also be a first name.
Forain Demographics
Forain Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Forain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forain is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Forain.
How Common Is The Last Name Forain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Forain is the 1,082,743rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Forain are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 49 people.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 620,773. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 38 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 20 percent reside. Other than France it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 22 percent reside and Brazil, where 21 percent reside.
Forain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Forain last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Forain
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