Forland Surname

392,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 900 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Forland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4571:793,12761,249
Norway3491:14,7341,734
Denmark281:201,59716,538
England141:3,979,861125,553
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
China31:455,773,85521,925
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Förland (4) are calculated separately.

Forland (69) may also be a first name.

Forland Last Name Facts

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

Forland (Russian: Форланд) is most common in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms: Förland. Click here to see other possible spellings of Forland.

How Common Is The Last Name Forland? popularity and diffusion

The last name Forland is the 392,884th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,097,273 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Forland are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,171,416th most widely held first name in the world, held by 69 people.

The surname Forland is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 457 people, or 1 in 793,127. In The United States Forland is most common in: Nevada, where 23 percent reside, Missouri, where 18 percent reside and Minnesota, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The United States it is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 39 percent reside and Denmark, where 3 percent reside.

Forland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Forland last name expanded 6,529 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Forland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Forland surname are 16.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.49% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Forland earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 22.98% more than the national average, earning 425,611 kr per year and in United States they earn 0.02% more than the national average, earning $43,158 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Forland Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Forland in the Russian language
Форландforland-

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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 Forland
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