Forestal Surname
Approximately 4,743 people bear this surname
Forestal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 4,080 | 1:2,619 | 380 |
| United States | 318 | 1:1,139,808 | 81,930 |
| France | 150 | 1:442,818 | 63,836 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 33 | 1:134,238 | 7,606 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 46 | 1:1,091,711 | 63,103 |
Forestal (19) may also be a first name.
Forestal Demographics
Forestal Political Affiliation
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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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forrestal | 94 | 871 | / |
| Forestall | 94 | 77 | / |
| Forestale | 94 | 61 | / |
| Forestahl | 94 | 0 | / |
| Forrestall | 89 | 334 | / |
| Foristal | 88 | 82 | / |
| Forestol | 88 | 0 | / |
| Forastal | 88 | 0 | / |
| Forristal | 82 | 926 | / |
| Foristall | 82 | 40 | / |
| Faurestal | 82 | 34 | / |
| Phorestal | 82 | 6 | / |
| Forrestol | 82 | 1 | / |
| Forristall | 78 | 551 | / |
| Forrostall | 78 | 4 | / |
| Foristaall | 78 | 2 | / |
| Forisstall | 78 | 1 | / |
| Forestolle | 78 | 0 | / |
| Forrestoll | 78 | 0 | / |
| Foristol | 75 | 0 | / |
| Forritall | 71 | 0 | / |
| Farristal | 71 | 0 | / |
| Forristoll | 67 | 0 | / |
| Farristall | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faritale | 63 | 2 | / |
| Veristal | 63 | 1 | / |
| Varistal | 63 | 1 | / |
| Farrisstall | 63 | 0 | / |
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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 Forestal
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