Forbie Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Forbie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Forbie (15) may also be a first name.
Forbie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forbie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forbie is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forbie? popularity and diffusion
Forbie is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Forbie occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Forbie live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Forbie is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most widely held in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Forbie is mostly found in: Greater London, where 75 percent live and Kent, where 25 percent live. Barring England Forbie occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 40 percent live and Liberia, where 10 percent live.
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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 Forbie
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