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

The last name Forbey (Russian: Форбей) occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forbey? popularity and diffusion

Forbey is the 1,281,391st most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Forbey are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 2,107,319. In The United States it is most numerous in: New Jersey, where 16 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Missouri, where 11 percent live. Outside of The United States Forbey occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent live and Costa Rica, where 1 percent live.

Forbey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Forbey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Forbey last name expanded 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 Republicans than The US average, with 73.08% registered to vote for the 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
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  • 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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