Foresight Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Barbados

Foresight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foresight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India111:69,733,217610,955
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Barbados11:287,4482,772
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Foresight (28) may also be a first name.

Foresight Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foresight occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Foresight click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foresight? popularity and diffusion

Foresight is the 3,323,005th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Foresight live; 31 percent live in West Asia and 31 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 28 people.

The surname Foresight is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India Foresight is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 27 percent reside, Karnataka, where 27 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 9 percent reside. Other than India this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 17 percent reside and Egypt, where 11 percent reside.

Foresight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Foresight has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foresights952/
Forsight9424/
Forseight891/
Forsiht881/
Farsight8213/
Forest8025,172/
Forsit803/
Forrest7564,301/
Foresti756,992/
Foresta753,024/
Foresto751,669/
Foreste751,325/
Fourest75324/
Foriest75217/
Faresit75161/
Foirest75140/
Fresita7547/
Foresty7530/
Fiorest7520/
Forsait7511/
Forestt7510/
Forsita758/
Forsyht757/
Foresst754/
Fforest752/
Foorest751/
Foreist751/
Foerest751/
Foreest751/
Forsite750/
Foresat750/
Forwest750/
Forst717,200/
Forestie7189/
Feresita7156/
Forestti7145/
Fioresta7144/
Frest7140/
Forrestt7122/
Forreste7121/
Forriest7114/
Forestto7112/
Forestié7111/
Foreside718/
Forresta713/
Forresto713/
Foureste713/
Fioreste713/
Foerrest712/
Forreest712/
Forresst712/
Forsyhte712/
Foursito712/
Forestah711/
Forresty711/
Forsyaht711/
Forresti711/
Forestou711/
Forosita711/
Forresté711/
Forisito711/
Foressti711/
Foreciti711/
Forestea710/
Forswitt710/
Foresaty710/
Fresta672,004/
Farsit671,614/
Foerst67552/
Furest67405/
Fresto67394/
Freist67358/
Friest67312/
Forcet67270/
Forost67208/
Forist67110/
Forsat6777/
Forsta6751/
Fresti6747/
Forsti6739/
Forsty6731/
Foryst6731/
Ferest6726/
Forset6722/
Fourestie6721/
Fyorst6720/
Fresty6720/
Farest6712/
Freste6712/
Fiorestti6712/
Foreswati6711/
Freset6711/
Forrst676/
Freest674/
Forast674/
Forsiydth673/
Fourestié673/
Firest673/
Fourst672/
Freast672/
Forrestau671/
Forrestwe671/
Froest671/
Fersit671/
Foarst671/
Fohrst671/
Forcit671/
Forsyt671/
Forrestte670/
Forust670/
Faorst670/
Forzet670/
Forsittie670/
Fresiette670/

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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 Foresight
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