Forbey Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Forbey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forbey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1721:2,107,319133,796
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Forbey Last Name Facts

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

Forbey (Russian: Форбей) occurs most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Forbey.

How Common Is The Last Name Forbey? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,281,391st most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Forbey live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 2,107,319. In The United States Forbey is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 16 percent reside, California, where 15 percent reside and Missouri, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent reside and Costa Rica, where 1 percent reside.

Forbey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Forbey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 555 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Forbey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Forbey last name are 26.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.08% being registered with the political party.

Forbey earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.9% less than the national average, earning $35,857 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forby91399/
Forbe9183/
Forbes83111,630/
Forber83646/
Forbay83504/
Ferbey83196/
Furbey8383/
Farbey8364/
Fourby8353/
Forbeh8342/
Fourbe8325/
Forbez8316/
Forbie8310/
Forbet839/
Vorbey838/
Forbys834/
Forbed834/
Forboy832/
Forwey831/
Forbiy831/
Forbee830/
Forbess77595/
Fourbet7767/
Forbech7717/
Forbest777/
Forbett774/
Fforbes774/
Forbesh773/
Forbees772/
Forbyth771/
Forbeds771/
Foorbes771/
Forbiyi771/
Fourbes771/
Fourbay771/
Forrber770/
Forbesd770/
Furby731,352/
Forba73727/
Forbi73502/
Farbe73270/
Ferby73252/
Vorbe73213/
Farby7386/
Forve7351/
Ferbe7336/
Forue7320/
Forwe7314/
Furbe733/
Forvy732/
Forbé731/
Forwy731/
Forbejah711/
Forbiyeh711/
Fourboue710/
Farber6713,191/
Färber679,408/
Forbis672,851/
Furber672,814/
Furbee671,095/
Ferbei67524/
Forbah67487/
Farbez67361/
Faurby67283/
Voorby67200/
Furbay67184/
Forbat6798/
Farbei6782/
Forbai6780/
Farbes6775/
Forway6773/
Ferbee6754/
Forbit6741/
Verbey6741/
Forbau6721/
Farbyi6720/
Forbát6717/
Foroue6716/
Forves6715/
Fhorbesch6714/
Forver6711/
Forbas6710/
Farbeh6710/
Ferbie6710/
Farbee677/
Farbay677/
Forbih676/
Forbou676/
Vorbei676/
Forbid675/
Ferbay674/
Farbej674/
Farvey673/
Forvie673/
Ferbej673/
Farbed672/
Phorbe672/
Fourba672/
Fourbé672/
Fgarbe671/
Foruez671/
Furbes671/
Forbad671/
Vorvey671/
Foruay671/
Farboe671/
Voerby671/
Fārber671/
Forbui671/
Forbés671/
Forvet671/
Forvez671/
Fourue671/
Foruie671/
Furvey670/
Ferrby670/
Farbet670/
Furboy670/
Ferbea670/
Phorby670/
Furbet670/
Furbie670/
Farboy670/
Vorwey670/
Forzue670/

Forbey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Forbey in the Russian language
Форбейforbej-

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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 Forbey
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