Foresta Surname

146,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,024 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Foresta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foresta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,7941:34,0906,106
United States7401:489,80941,354
France1401:474,44867,240
Argentina1151:371,68228,832
Canada511:722,46357,796
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Indonesia341:3,889,682201,134
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
England61:9,286,343223,652
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Foresta (55) may also be a first name.

Foresta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foresta occurs in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Foresta.

How Common Is The Last Name Foresta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 146,568th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,409,903 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Foresta are found; 59 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 55 people.

This surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is carried by 1,794 people, or 1 in 34,090. In Italy Foresta is primarily concentrated in: Calabria, where 26 percent are found, Campania, where 24 percent are found and Sicily, where 24 percent are found. Excluding Italy Foresta is found in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.

Foresta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foresta last name are 0.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.98% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Foresta earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 6.2% more than the national average, earning €31,893 per year; in United States they earn 27.54% more than the national average, earning $55,033 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.03% less than the national average, earning $49,173 CAD per year.

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Foresta Reference & Research

Foresta FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Foresta
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