View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Forbess Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Forbess is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forbess? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Forbess is the 540,057^th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 12,247,976 people. The surname Forbess is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Forbess are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 586 people, or 1 in 618,531. In The United States Forbess is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 22 percent are found, Texas, where 18 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Forbess occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Forbess Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Forbess has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 681 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Forbess Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Forbess last name are 4.37% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.6% being registered with the political party.

Forbess earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $43,088 USD per year.