Foresto Surname

239,834th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Foresto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foresto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy6281:97,38316,673
Brazil4601:465,37917,624
Argentina3401:125,71610,635
United States841:4,314,987229,510
Canada451:818,79163,991
France391:1,703,147154,208
Australia381:710,41347,396
Austria111:774,13064,097
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Foresto (53) may also be a first name.

Foresto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foresto (Russian: Форесто) is carried by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foresto? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 239,834th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,366,415 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Foresto live; 48 percent live in South America and 38 percent live in Italic Europe. Foresto is also the 1,366,219th most common forename world-wide, borne by 53 people.

The last name Foresto is most numerous in Italy, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 97,383. In Italy it is most frequent in: Piedmont, where 54 percent are found, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 22 percent are found and Veneto, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Italy this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 28 percent are found and Argentina, where 20 percent are found.

Foresto Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foresto surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered with the party.

The amount Foresto earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 3.06% more than the national average, earning $44,471 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.85% more than the national average, earning $75,444 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forestto9312/
Forresto933/
Forestou931/
Foreto923/
Foresta863,024/
Forgeto865/
Furesto861/
Forreto861/
Forestas8060/
Forestat8018/
Forestad808/
Forresta803/
Fouretou802/
Forestah801/
Forgetto800/
Fareto7722/
Foreta771/
Forrestad7517/
Forrestau751/
Faretot71969/
Forreta7166/
Faretto7133/
Faristo7130/
Feresta7129/
Faresta7114/
Varesto7110/
Foretta717/
Forejta716/
Furisto716/
Voireto714/
Faureto712/
Farreto712/
Feristo711/
Foritos711/
Forista711/
Ferasto711/
Foretas710/
Vuoristo67758/
Forgetta67660/
Farestad6778/
Fariesta6721/
Fauretto6716/
Verestoy6714/
Färestad6713/
Furestad679/
Fereshta678/
Verestoi677/
Pheresto674/
Farresta673/
Forettas672/
Foiretta671/
Foristad671/
Feeresta671/

Foresto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Foresto in the Russian language
Форестоforesto-

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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 Foresto
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