Forebes Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Forebes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Forebes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forebes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forebes is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Forebes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Forebes are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Forebes is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most numerous in: Massachusetts, where 33 percent reside, Michigan, where 33 percent reside and New York, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Forebes
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