Forges Surname
Approximately 1,462 people bear this surname
Forges Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 643 | 1:103,301 | 15,226 |
| United States | 261 | 1:1,388,732 | 96,054 |
| Italy | 110 | 1:555,970 | 53,564 |
| Belgium | 102 | 1:112,712 | 16,775 |
| Canada | 98 | 1:375,975 | 33,576 |
| Haiti | 95 | 1:112,462 | 5,278 |
| Philippines | 54 | 1:1,874,782 | 115,801 |
| Chile | 29 | 1:607,465 | 14,668 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Forgès (2) & Förges (1) are calculated separately.
Forges (22) may also be a first name.
Forges Demographics
Average Forges Salary in
United States
$38,482 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Forges Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forges Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forges occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Forgès or Förges. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Forges? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forges is the 267,252nd most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,984,642 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Forges live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Forges is also the 2,301,746th most widely held given name on earth, held by 22 people.
This surname is most common in France, where it is borne by 643 people, or 1 in 103,301. In France Forges is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 19 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 15 percent are found. Other than France Forges is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Italy, where 8 percent are found.
Forges Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Forges has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,263 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 45 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Forges Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Forges last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Forges earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 19.86% more than the national average, earning €35,993 per year; in United States they earn 10.82% less than the national average, earning $38,482 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning $54,786 CAD per year.
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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 Forges
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