Forestero Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Forestero Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Forestero Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Forestero Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forestero is more frequently found in Uruguay than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forestero? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Forestero live; 67 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

Forestero is most frequent in Uruguay, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 571,960. In Uruguay Forestero is primarily found in: Montevideo Department, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Uruguay Forestero exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forestiero951,283/
Foresteiro952/
Foresteros951/
Forastero892,963/
Forresterrho862/
Forastiero84783/
Forasteiro84169/
Forrastero841/
Varesteiro743/
Forastiera742/
Forasteira741/
Varettero670/
Ferastara5662/
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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 Forestero
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