Forestel Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Forestel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forestel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Forestel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forestel occurs most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forestel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Forestel are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Forestel is mostly concentrated in: California, where 25 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 25 percent are found and Oregon, where 25 percent are found.

Forestel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Forestel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Forestel surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Forestel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Forestel last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Forestel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD 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
  • 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 Forestel
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