Foresythe Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Foresythe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foresythe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Guyana11:762,22114,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Foresythe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foresythe occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foresythe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,471,719th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Foresythe occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Foresythe are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Foresythe is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 5,663,421. In The United States it is mostly found in: Missouri, where 22 percent reside, Arizona, where 20 percent reside and Arkansas, where 17 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Foresythe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foresythe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foresythe last name expanded 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Foresythe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Foresythe surname is predominantly Episcopalian (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Foresythe surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.54% registered with the party.

Foresythe earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.29% less than the national average, earning $31,373 USD per year.

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Foresythe Reference & Research

Forsythe DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Forsythe FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Foresythe
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