Forja Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Forja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 92 | 1:508,174 | 25,386 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Forja (25) may also be a first name.
Forja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forja occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,612,213th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. Forja occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Forja live; 74 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent live in Iberian Europe. Forja is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 25 people.
The last name Forja is most commonly used in Spain, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 508,174. In Spain it is most frequent in: Galicia, where 43 percent live, Andalusia, where 41 percent live and Catalonia, where 4 percent live. Other than Spain Forja is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
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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 Forja
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