Forber Surname
Approximately 646 people bear this surname
Forber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 447 | 1:124,649 | 12,499 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 155 | 1:157,260 | 13,677 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
Forber Demographics
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Forber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forber Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forber is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forber? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forber is the 507,320th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,281,031 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Forber reside; 74 percent reside in Northern Europe and 74 percent reside in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 447 people, or 1 in 124,649. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Merseyside, where 49 percent are found, Cheshire, where 11 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 6 percent are found. Besides England it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.
Forber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Forber has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Forber surname rose 288 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 163 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Forber Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Forber surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Forber last name are 0.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Forber earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 15.67% less than the national average, earning $36,389 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.46% more than the national average, earning $57,862 CAD 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 Forber
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