Forgács Surname
Approximately 4,479 people bear this surname
Forgács Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 4,384 | 1:2,239 | 249 |
| Slovakia | 66 | 1:80,855 | 15,660 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Forgacs (1,187) are calculated separately.
Forgács Demographics
Average Male Forgács Height
179.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Forgács Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forgács Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forgács is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Forgacs. Click here for further possible spellings of Forgács.
How Common Is The Last Name Forgács? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 104,734th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,627,048 people. Forgács is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Forgács live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
Forgács is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is borne by 4,384 people, or 1 in 2,239. In Hungary Forgács is most prevalent in: Pest County, where 18 percent are found, Budapest, where 17 percent are found and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 10 percent are found. Besides Hungary it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 1 percent are found and Czechia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgacs | 95 | 1,187 | / |
| Forgách | 86 | 145 | / |
| Forgácz | 86 | 3 | / |
| Forgáts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Forgácsová | 82 | 110 | / |
| Forgac's | 80 | 3 | / |
| Forgáč | 77 | 1,022 | / |
| Forgac | 77 | 178 | / |
| Forgoc | 77 | 1 | / |
| Forgáć | 77 | 1 | / |
| Forgach | 71 | 451 | / |
| Forgaci | 71 | 328 | / |
| Forgacz | 71 | 131 | / |
| Forgacsová | 71 | 2 | / |
| Forgáczová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forgats | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forgàch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fargacs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forgatch | 67 | 67 | / |
| Forgotch | 67 | 35 | / |
| Forgáčová | 63 | 1,010 | / |
| Forgatsch | 63 | 98 | / |
| Forgačová | 63 | 59 | / |
| Forgacová | 63 | 1 | / |
| Forgač | 62 | 330 | / |
| Forgać | 62 | 3 | / |
| Forgatz | 57 | 2 | / |
| Fargačová | 50 | 8 | / |
| Forgačova | 50 | 7 | / |
| Fargouche | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Forgács
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