Foreshaw Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Foreshaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foreshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Jamaica441:65,2263,358
England421:1,326,62059,571
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Wales51:618,90625,852
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Montserrat11:4,947471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

Foreshaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foreshaw is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foreshaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foreshaw is the 1,374,607th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Foreshaw live; 34 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 6,970,364. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 37 percent reside, Connecticut, where 25 percent reside and New York, where 13 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 28 percent reside and England, where 26 percent reside.

Foreshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Foreshaw has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Foreshaw surname expanded 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foreshaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Foreshaw surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with the political party.

Foreshaw earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 53.28% more than the national average, earning $66,138 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forshaw936,234/
Foresaw931/
Foreshew88232/
Froeshaw881/
Fourshaw881/
Forshew8096/
Fershaw802/
Furshaw802/
Farshaw801/
Frashaw801/
Forshow800/
Foresova751/
Fry-Shaw751/
Foreshof750/
Fairshaw750/
Freshhow750/
Vershaw67120/
Varshaw671/
Vero-Shaw591/
Vershow530/
Fritiauw505/
Verishow500/

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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 Foreshaw
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