Forch Surname

515,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 633 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Andorra

Forch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2541:1,427,00498,129
Germany1371:587,63147,553
Dominican Republic1081:96,6014,209
Czechia361:295,37437,799
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Spain171:2,750,12061,567
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Puerto Rico121:295,8452,647
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
France41:16,605,680368,153
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England21:27,859,030389,889
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

The alternate forms: Förch (614) are calculated separately.

Forch (17) may also be a first name.

Forch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forch (Russian: Форч) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as: Förch. For other potential spellings of Forch click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forch? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 515,280th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,512,711 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Forch live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. Forch is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 17 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 254 people, or 1 in 1,427,004. In The United States Forch is mostly found in: California, where 15 percent live, Texas, where 15 percent live and Iowa, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 17 percent live.

Forch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Forch last name expanded 577 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Forch Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Forch surname are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.42% registered with the political party.

The amount Forch earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 4.79% less than the national average, earning $41,082 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.47% more than the national average, earning $61,840 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Förch93614/
Forche911,355/
Forsch911,133/
Forcht91388/
Foerch91314/
Fortch917/
Fotrch911/
Forchì911/
Forchp911/
Fourch910/
Forc89498/
Fourche83387/
Fortsch83285/
Forscht8394/
Forsche836/
Forstch830/
Fortche830/
Fourcht830/
Fourchs830/
Force807,456/
Furch802,304/
Ferch801,987/
Fürch80345/
Forsh80253/
Farch80229/
Fourc8086/
Forci8055/
Forcz8017/
Forzh809/
Vorch802/
Forkh801/
Forhe801/
Forhs800/
Forchová7744/
Pfortsch7715/
Fortsche770/
Furche73413/
Furcht73198/
Forsht73175/
Farsch73160/
Farche7366/
Faerch7355/
Fartch7350/
Forsth7332/
Farcht7322/
Furchì7321/
Forshe7316/
Fource737/
Forzhe735/
Furchs732/
Forshå731/
Faurch730/
Fherch730/
Fors677,932/
Farc67148/
Forţ6734/
Farscht6725/
Forz676/
Fourshe675/
Forx673/
Fourrkh671/
Vour'ch671/
Forssth671/
Forj671/
Fartsch670/

Forch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Forch in the Russian language
Форчforc-

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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 Forch
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