Forknell Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Forknell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forknell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:2,422,52489,093
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Forknell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forknell is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forknell? popularity and diffusion

The last name Forknell is the 3,485,539th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Forknell reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,422,524. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Leicestershire, where 43 percent live, West Midlands, where 22 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 13 percent live. Other than England Forknell exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Belgium, where 3 percent live.

Forknell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forknell has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 288 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forknall88269/
Forkunel884/
Frecknell824/
Fricknell820/
Forknal800/
Frecknall71172/
Fracknall711/
Foorkanullah701/
Fraganelli6711/
Farconelli674/
Friganello671/
Farconelly671/
Frycnel671/

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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 Forknell
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