Forkings Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Forkings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forkings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales451:68,7676,014
England301:1,857,26974,552
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Forkings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forkings occurs more in Wales more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forkings? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,168,711th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Forkings reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in Wales, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 68,767. In Wales it is primarily concentrated in: Powys, where 49 percent are found, Denbighshire, where 38 percent are found and Flintshire, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Wales it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forking9329/
Furkings880/
Forkink80100/
Forkeng8014/
Forcing801/
Forching751/
Fahrking750/
Vorkink67173/
Farcing671/
Varking671/

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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 Forkings
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