Forestal Surname

99,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,743 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Forestal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forestal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti4,0801:2,619380
United States3181:1,139,80881,930
France1501:442,81863,836
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
England91:6,190,895170,599
Cuba91:1,280,3027,343
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland331:134,2387,606
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Forestal (19) may also be a first name.

Forestal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forestal is more frequently found in Haiti than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forestal? popularity and diffusion

Forestal is the 99,729th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,536,484 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Forestal are found; 90 percent are found in Caribbean and 88 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 19 people.

Forestal is most commonly held in Haiti, where it is held by 4,080 people, or 1 in 2,619. In Haiti it is most numerous in: Nord-Ouest, where 29 percent are found, Ouest, where 24 percent are found and Centre, where 24 percent are found. Not including Haiti it exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

Forestal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Forestal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Forestal surname increased 691 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Forestal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Forestal surname is principally Catholic (79%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Forestal last name are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.17% registered with the political party.

The amount Forestal earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.3% less than the national average, earning $36,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.01% less than the national average, earning $37,754 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 Forestal
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