Forling Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Forling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Förling (10) are calculated separately.

Forling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forling is found most in South Africa. It may occur as a variant: Förling. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Forling are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 80 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 20 percent reside. Beside South Africa Forling is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 22 percent reside and Mexico, where 11 percent reside.

Forling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Forling last name fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Förling9510/
Fourling939/
Forrling930/
Forlin923,119/
Ferling86667/
Farling86601/
Fourlin8677/
Forlina8656/
Furling8642/
Fürling8638/
Färling8631/
Forlind862/
Vorling861/
Forleng861/
Forln830/
Führling8082/
Fehrling8040/
Farlling8020/
Farlings801/
Furlings801/
Fahrling800/
Farlin77602/
Forlim77111/
Forlen7734/
Vorlin772/
Forlín771/
Farlina711,346/
Verling71582/
Faurlin71132/
Varling7130/
Värling714/
Farzlin711/
Ferleng711/
Farlind711/
Forlend711/
Forrellina711/
Farllin710/
Farlien710/
Furleng710/
Veerling6753/
Vehrling6712/
Vorlleng671/
Farln671/
Vaarling670/

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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 Forling
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