Foret Surname

57,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,805 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Foret Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foret Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4,6551:14,2691,480
United States3,3061:109,63711,969
Belgium3061:37,5716,148
Czechia1981:53,7048,989
Canada731:504,73442,927
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200
Spain341:1,375,06044,096
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Croatia131:325,27730,776
England121:4,643,172139,951
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
China21:683,660,78330,601
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:411,62930,405

The alternate forms: Forêt (114), Forét (2) & Fôret (1) are calculated separately.

Foret (877) may also be a first name.

Foret Last Name Facts

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

Foret (Russian: Форет) is most common in France. It may appear as a variant: Forêt, Forét or Fôret. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foret? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foret is the 57,501st most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 827,660 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Foret live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Foret is also the 274,607th most widespread forename in the world, held by 877 people.

The surname Foret is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 4,655 people, or 1 in 14,269. In France Foret is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 18 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent are found and Grand Est, where 13 percent are found. Outside of France it exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Belgium, where 3 percent are found.

Foret Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foret has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foret last name grew 2,710 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foret Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Foret last name are 31.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.52% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Foret earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $41,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.08% more than the national average, earning $50,222 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forêt93114/
Forét932/
Fôret931/
Forest9125,172/
Forget9119,790/
Fouret91895/
Forejt91822/
Forret91634/
Foiret91494/
Foreit91108/
Foreyt9172/
Forets9153/
Foreth9141/
Foreht9133/
Forett9114/
Foretz919/
Forete916/
Foeret914/
Forhet912/
Foriet911/
Foreat911/
Forzet910/
Fore8910,607/
Forrest8364,301/
Foreste831,325/
Fourest83324/
Forgett83311/
Fourets83198/
Forrett83191/
Foirest83140/
Fourret8394/
Forette8351/
Forhetz8347/
Forreth8342/
Forestt8310/
Fourett836/
Foresst834/
Fourget833/
Fforest832/
Foresth832/
Foorest831/
Forge't831/
Forests831/
Pforest831/
Foreist831/
Foreith831/
Foreest831/
Fosrett831/
Fourete831/
Foorett830/
Forrets830/
Foreyth830/
Feret805,315/
Fores803,509/
Forey801,830/
Forge801,824/
Foure801,743/
Forer801,435/
Foree801,034/
Furet80761/
Foore80508/
Faret80461/
Foryt80340/
Forre80273/
Foire80187/
Fotre80164/
Forez8059/
Forie8052/
Féret8032/
Forea8028/
Forit8026/
Forje8023/
Fored8019/
Fuore8019/
Forze8017/
Forep8010/
Foreh807/
Forei804/
Foreu803/
Forhe801/
Voret801/
Fohre801/
Foreć801/
Forée801/
Fhore800/
Forrette77393/
Foretová77203/
Forrestt7722/
Forreste7721/
Forrests779/
Foureste773/
Forreest772/
Forresst772/
Foretsch771/
Forretts771/
Fourette771/
Foretova771/
Forrrest771/
Foreythe770/
Forrhett770/
Fourie7391,698/
Ferret736,328/
Forrer733,980/
Forgey731,814/
Fourre731,752/
Fourez731,179/
Foures731,154/
Farret731,084/
Forrey73871/
Forgit73569/
Fauret73551/
Farget73465/
Furest73405/
Fourey73374/
Voiret73260/
Forrez73220/
Forres73180/
Farhet73148/
Forist73110/
Forite73107/
Vorret7375/
Vouret7365/
Forait7363/
Fourer7360/
Foreid7360/
Forred7346/
Fareth7334/
Foryst7331/
Furiet7330/
Forzie7330/
Foress7323/
Fahret7321/
Furret7320/
Foroit7318/
Foorer7316/
Forrie7316/
Forech7316/
Foresz7315/
Foresh7312/
Farest7312/
Foreis7312/
Furget7311/
Forhez739/
Foores739/
Ferhet739/
Forajt738/
Forgeh738/
Foutre737/
Foryth737/
Furete736/
Forzhe735/
Foried735/
Forher734/
Forzee734/
Foureh734/
Fourit734/
Furets733/
Foreed733/
Forhit733/
Forayt732/
Forees732/
Forije732/
Forrea732/
Fouree732/
Fotres732/
Furett732/
Feuret731/
Fheret731/
Fareet731/
Forejj731/
Forhes731/
Forhey731/
Forree731/
Furetz731/
Foirez731/
Foorit731/
Ferett731/
Forhge731/
Fourge731/
Fariet731/
Fourei731/
Fatret731/
Farete731/
Foreas731/
Forged731/
Foorei731/
Foorey731/
Foorje731/
Forțea731/
Forrêt731/
Foured731/
Fousre731/
Feriet731/
Fereit731/
Ferejt731/
Farzet731/
Forrit730/
Farett730/
Forhee730/
Farets730/
Foirer730/
Voreth730/
Fureht730/
Fotree730/
Foorie730/
Forejtová71691/
Forethová7116/
Forejtova7112/
Forettová715/
D'Forrest711/
Forrestte710/
Fottretsh710/
Fare678,412/
Fora672,981/
Vore672,218/
Fory672,159/
Fori671,613/
Ferrett671,396/
Fourreh67827/
Fareeth67415/
Fourrey67218/
Fourrez67172/
Foré67164/
Farrett6790/
Fourrer6767/
Fouriot6748/
Fourres6737/
Forhecz6737/
Faurest6732/
Foureys6720/
Forysth6719/
Forhead6714/
Vorreth6714/
Foritte6714/
Forythe6710/
Forrist676/
Foutres676/
Farretz676/
Faurett675/
Fereadt675/
Foresch674/
Fourrie674/
Fautret674/
Fureste674/
Furette673/
Ferreth673/
Vourret672/
Farette672/
Forè672/
Forress671/
Farheth671/
Fariett671/
Forhess671/
Forj671/
Forre'r671/
Forrgey671/
Fotryth671/
Fureets671/
Fouress671/
Ferreit671/
Farrete671/
Vorreit671/
Farriet671/
Foiresr671/
Forê671/
Foryteh671/
Fourree671/
Ferriet671/
Foriste671/
Farhete671/
Farieth671/
Farrest670/
Forgait670/
Forehie670/
Fargett670/
Forahee670/
Forritt670/
Foreiss670/
Ffotree670/
Vorrett670/
Fareyth670/
Ferreet670/
Fourrea670/
Faureth670/

Foret Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Foret in the Russian language
Форетforet-

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Foret Reference & Research

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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 Foret
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