Forkum Surname

551,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Forkum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forkum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3761:963,98771,704
Cameroon2011:103,32912,175
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Forkum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forkum is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forkum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 551,387th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,586,435 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Forkum live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 963,987. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 39 percent are found, Arkansas, where 19 percent are found and Missouri, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Forkum is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.

Forkum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forkum has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 553 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Forkum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Forkum surname are 13.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.06% registered with the political party.

Forkum earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.08% less than the national average, earning $36,643 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forkhum921/
Forkeum920/
Forcum83687/
Forkom8375/
Ferkum832/
Farkhum774/
Furcum671/
Farcum670/
Forcom670/
Furqom508/

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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 Forkum
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