Forets Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Forets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France261:2,554,720189,486
Uruguay101:343,17622,254
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Forets Last Name Facts

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

Forets (Russian: Форец) has its highest incidence in France. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forets? popularity and diffusion

The surname Forets is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Forets are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Forets is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,554,720. In France it is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 38 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 31 percent live and Île-de-France, where 19 percent live. Excluding France Forets is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 19 percent live and Niger, where 11 percent live.

Forets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Forets has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fourets92198/
Forgets926/
Forests921/
Forrets920/
Foret918,805/
Fores913,509/
Forrests869/
Foretsch861/
Forretts861/
Forest8325,172/
Forget8319,790/
Forges831,462/
Forese831,167/
Foures831,154/
Fouret83895/
Forejt83822/
Forret83634/
Foiret83494/
Forres83180/
Foreit83108/
Foreyt8372/
Foreth8341/
Foreht8333/
Foress8323/
Foresz8315/
Forett8314/
Foresh8312/
Foreis8312/
Foores839/
Foretz839/
Forete836/
Furets833/
Ferets832/
Forees832/
Forhet832/
Fories832/
Fotres832/
Forhes831/
Foriet831/
Vorets831/
Foreas831/
Foreat831/
Foreus831/
Farets830/
Forzet830/
Fore8010,607/
Fottretsh800/
Forrest7764,301/
Foreste771,325/
Fourest77324/
Forgett77311/
Forrett77191/
Foirest77140/
Fourret7794/
Forette7751/
Forhetz7747/
Forreth7742/
Fourres7737/
Foureys7720/
Forestt7710/
Fouries778/
Fourett776/
Foutres776/
Foresse776/
Ferrets774/
Foresst774/
Foresch774/
Fourget773/
Fforest772/
Foresth772/
Foorest771/
Forress771/
Forge't771/
Pforest771/
Foreist771/
Foresci771/
Forhess771/
Fureets771/
Foreith771/
Fouress771/
Foiresr771/
Foreest771/
Fosrett771/
Fourete771/
Feretts771/
Forreus771/
Foreese770/
Foorett770/
Foreiss770/
Foreyth770/
Fourges770/
Fares73257,228/
Forey731,830/
Forge731,824/
Forys731,761/
Foure731,743/
Forer731,435/
Foris731,238/
Foree731,034/
Foore73508/
Faret73461/
Foryt73340/
Forre73273/
Foire73187/
Vores73178/
Fotre73164/
Forés73124/
Forêt73114/
Forez7359/
Forie7352/
Forea7328/
Forit7326/
Forje7323/
Fored7319/
Fuore7319/
Forze7317/
Forex7314/
Forep7310/
Foreh737/
Forei734/
Forec733/
Foreu733/
Forès732/
Forét732/
Forhe731/
Voret731/
Fôret731/
Fohre731/
Foreć731/
Forée731/
Fhore730/
Forrette71393/
Foretová71203/
Forrestt7122/
Forreste7121/
Foresová713/
Foureste713/
Forreest712/
Forresst712/
Ferretts711/
Fourette711/
Foresova711/
Foretova711/
Forrrest711/
Fourieds711/
Foreythe710/
Foutress710/
Forrhett710/
Foorheis710/
Fourie6791,698/
Faress674,411/
Forrer673,980/
Farges673,471/
Farres673,147/
Farese672,299/
Faries671,919/
Forgey671,814/
Fourre671,752/
Fourez671,179/
Farret671,084/
Forrey67871/
Forejtová67691/
Farees67635/
Forgit67569/
Fauret67551/
Farget67465/
Fourey67374/
Forizs67335/
Voreis67329/
Vorhes67300/
Forish67299/
Vories67265/
Voiret67260/
Forgez67231/
Varets67221/
Forrez67220/
Foriez67166/
Fareus67160/
Farhet67148/
Fouris67133/
Forris67128/
Faures67128/
Fareis67126/
Vorres67122/
Forist67110/
Forite67107/
Forysz6787/
Fahres6786/
Faresh6785/
Voress6777/
Vorret6775/
Vouret6765/
Forait6763/
Fourer6760/
Foreid6760/
Fourès6760/
Voreas6752/
Forred6746/
Fareth6734/
Fareas6733/
Foryst6731/
Forzie6730/
Forysh6730/
Forais6728/
Foreix6724/
Forisz6723/
Feretz6722/
Fahret6721/
Foroit6718/
Vorees6717/
Foorer6716/
Forethová6716/
Forrie6716/
Forech6716/
Farest6712/
Forejtova6712/
Ferits6711/
Farits679/
Forhez679/
Forajt678/
Forgeh678/
Foutre677/
Fatres677/
Foryth677/
Forice676/
Foreci676/
Forzhe675/
Forettová675/
Foried675/
Forher674/
Foriss674/
Faares674/
Forzee674/
Foureh674/
Fourit674/
Verets673/
Foreed673/
Forhit673/
Forayt672/
Forije672/
Forrea672/
Fouree672/
Voresh672/
Forise672/
Forays672/
Feures671/
Feuret671/
Fareet671/
Forejj671/
Forhey671/
Forree671/
Foryce671/
Furetz671/
Foirez671/
Foorit671/
Voyres671/
Vurets671/
Voires671/
Forgis671/
Forhge671/
Fourge671/
Fariet671/
Fourei671/
Voretzsch671/
Fatret671/
Farete671/
Forece671/
Forged671/
Foorei671/
Foorey671/
Foorje671/
Forijs671/
Forțea671/
Forrêt671/
Foured671/
Fourex671/
Fousre671/
D'Forrest671/
Wfares671/
Farzet671/
Forrit670/
Voores670/
Phores670/
Farett670/
Forrestte670/
Forhee670/
Vohres670/
Foirer670/
Voreth670/
Fhares670/
Farhes670/
Fotree670/
Foorie670/

Forets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Forets in the Russian language
Форецforec-

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Forets 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
  • 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 Forets
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