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
Forja is carried by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Forja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forja? popularity and diffusion
Forja is the 1,612,213th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Forja reside; 74 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Forja is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 25 people.
It is most widely held in Spain, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 508,174. In Spain it is mostly found in: Galicia, where 43 percent reside, Andalusia, where 41 percent reside and Catalonia, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Spain Forja occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
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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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