Forbay Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Forbay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forbay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4891:110,79313,331
Liberia51:881,70733,815
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
France11:66,422,722504,397

Forbay Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forbay is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Forbay? popularity and diffusion

The surname Forbay is the 612,595th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. The surname Forbay occurs mostly 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.

Forbay is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 489 people, or 1 in 110,793. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 58 percent live, Gauteng, where 36 percent live and Western Cape, where 3 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fourbay921/
Forba91727/
Forby91399/
Forbah83487/
Furbay83184/
Forbey83178/
Forbat8398/
Forbai8380/
Forway8373/
Fourby8353/
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Forbas8310/
Farbay837/
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Ferbay834/
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Forbad831/
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Fourway779/
Forbyth771/
Forbash771/
Forbiyi771/
Forbass770/
Furby731,352/
Forbi73502/
Ferby73252/
Farba73185/
Vorba73110/
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Forbe7383/
Furba7365/
Forwa7320/
Ferba7319/
Forvy732/
Forva731/
Forbé731/
Forwy731/
Forbault7186/
Fohrbach713/
Forbejah711/
Forbiyeh711/
Forbes67111,630/
Forbis672,851/
Forber67646/
Vorbau67396/
Faurby67283/
Voorby67200/
Ferbey67196/
Farbaz67152/
Farbaš67126/
Forwah67120/
Verbay6792/
Furbey6783/
Farbey6764/
Forbeh6742/
Forbit6741/
Farbas6734/
Fourbe6725/
Forwai6724/
Farbyi6720/
Farbat6718/
Forbát6717/
Forbez6716/
Farbad6716/
Fourwa6715/
Forbie6710/
Forbet679/
Vorbey678/
Farway677/
Forbih676/
Forbou676/
Fgarba675/
Vorbah675/
Forbid675/
Forbed674/
Vorbaj674/
Forvai673/
Farbai672/
Fourbé672/
Phorba671/
Forwey671/
Farbah671/
Ferbai671/
Voerby671/
Varbay671/
Furbah671/
Furbau671/
Farbaj671/
Farbaș671/
Forhua671/
Forbui671/
Forbés671/
Ferbah671/
Ferrby670/
Furboy670/
Ferbea670/
Forbee670/
Phorby670/
Farboy670/

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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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