Forbay Surname
Approximately 504 people bear this surname
Forbay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 489 | 1:110,793 | 13,331 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Forbay Demographics
Average Forbay Salary in
South Africa
R 310,200
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Forbay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forbay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forbay is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forbay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 612,595th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,459,416 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Forbay are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Forbay is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 489 people, or 1 in 110,793. In South Africa Forbay is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 58 percent are found, Gauteng, where 36 percent are found and Western Cape, where 3 percent are found. Beside South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Forbay Last Name Statistics demography
Forbay earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.53% more than the national average, earning R 310,200 per year.
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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 Forbay
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