Forgive Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Forgive Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forgive Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Iran161:4,798,908119,068
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Forgive (3,680) may also be a first name.

Forgive Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forgive is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forgive? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,203,767th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Forgive reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Forgive is also the 116,307th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 3,680 people.

The surname Forgive is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 49 percent live, Bayelsa, where 18 percent live and Ondo, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 22 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forgiver932/
Forive923/
Forgave860/
Forchive801/
Foreve7780/
Farive7712/
Foribe771/
Foroiva7114/
Forever716/
Forieva712/
Fariver712/
Fuoriva711/
Fargieva67256/
Forchibe6788/
Foreverr674/
Fuorever671/

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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 Forgive
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis