Forgarty Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Forgarty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forgarty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England51:11,143,612252,590
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:469,33333,530

Forgarty Last Name Facts

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

Forgarty is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forgarty? popularity and diffusion

The surname Forgarty is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Forgarty live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Forgarty is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 8,629,975. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 19 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Florida, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States Forgarty is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Forgarty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forgarty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Forgarty surname fell 61 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Forgarty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Forgarty last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.

Forgarty earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.84% less than the national average, earning $33,295 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forgarthy941/
Forarty935/
Fargarty880/
Forgorty880/
Forggerty821/
Fourgerty820/
Forgartie820/
Fourgertey780/
Farharthy710/
Vararty671/
Vargarti631/
Vararti536/
Vararthi5019/
Varartti5014/
Vararthe504/

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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
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  • 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 Forgarty
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