Foresman Surname

279,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica

Foresman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foresman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3441:269,68725,341
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
France51:13,284,544357,392
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Dominica11:75,891912
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2321:216,46018,492

Foresman (19) may also be a first name.

Foresman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foresman has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foresman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 279,172nd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,261,766 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Foresman are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Foresman is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 19 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,344 people, or 1 in 269,687. In The United States Foresman is most common in: California, where 7 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and Iowa, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Foresman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Foresman has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 579 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Foresman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Foresman surname are 22.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.31% being registered with the political party.

The amount Foresman earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.21% more than the national average, earning $46,691 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.64% less than the national average, earning $42,907 CAD per year.

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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 Foresman
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