Forget Surname
Approximately 19,790 people bear this surname
Forget Surname Definition:
(French) Descendant of Fargeau (of iron), a variant of Ferreolus, bishop of Limoges in the sixth century; dweller, or worker, at the little forge.
Read More About This SurnameForget Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 10,712 | 1:3,440 | 440 |
| France | 6,209 | 1:10,698 | 1,046 |
| United States | 1,317 | 1:275,216 | 25,752 |
| Belgium | 395 | 1:29,105 | 4,687 |
| Mauritius | 310 | 1:4,172 | 817 |
| Thailand | 247 | 1:285,985 | 49,226 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Indonesia | 68 | 1:1,944,841 | 122,869 |
| South Africa | 64 | 1:846,527 | 56,162 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 1:96,757 | 6,198 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
The alternate forms: Forgét (9), Forgêt (2) & Forgèt (1) are calculated separately.
Forget (5,363) may also be a first name.
Forget Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Descendant of Fargeau (of iron), a variant of Ferreolus, bishop of Limoges in the sixth century; dweller, or worker, at the little forge.
User-submitted Reference
Forget: in the sense of a person that Forges, i.e. 'of the forge', as in 'blacksmith', such as forging metals into weapons, horse tackle, door hinges, etc. It is likely the French equivalent to the English surname, Smith.
- macnickelForget Demographics
Average Forget Salary in
United States
$46,103 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Forget Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forget Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forget is carried by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Forgét, Forgêt or Forgèt. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forget? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 27,149th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 368,244 people. Forget occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Forget live; 61 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Gallo-North America. It is also the 92,026th most numerous first name in the world, held by 5,363 people.
Forget is most prevalent in Canada, where it is carried by 10,712 people, or 1 in 3,440. In Canada it is most common in: Quebec, where 82 percent live, Ontario, where 15 percent live and Alberta, where 1 percent live. Beside Canada it exists in 65 countries. It is also common in France, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Forget Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Forget has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,587 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Forget Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Forget last name are 12.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.16% being registered with the political party.
The amount Forget earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 155.37% more than the national average, earning R 606,852 per year; in United States they earn 6.85% more than the national average, earning $46,103 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.34% less than the national average, earning $43,054 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Forget
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis