Forbras Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Forbras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Forbras Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France871:763,48093,619
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Forbras Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forbras is most common in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forbras? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,775,494th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Forbras is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Forbras live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 763,480. In France Forbras is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 49 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 16 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 15 percent live. Apart from France this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forbra921/
Farbrass804/
Forbro770/
Forbrache750/
Farbrea711/
Farbros711/
Farbrace67205/
Forbrodt671/
Farbrache631/
Farbro6235/
Farbrot5793/
Formpro571/
Farbrey570/
Farbrodt534/
Phornphra503/
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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 Forbras
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