Forguson Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Forguson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forguson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3911:927,00569,520
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Forguson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forguson has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forguson? popularity and diffusion

Forguson is the 718,674th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Forguson are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 927,005. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 27 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 12 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Costa Rica, where 0 percent reside.

Forguson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forguson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Forguson surname increased 489 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Forguson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Forguson last name are 20.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.14% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Forguson earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 15.82% less than the national average, earning $36,323 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.16% more than the national average, earning $74,107 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
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  • 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 Forguson
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