Forling Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Forling Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
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 surname Forling is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Förling. For other possible spellings of Forling click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forling? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forling is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Forling reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Forling is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Forling is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 80 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 20 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 22 percent reside and Mexico, where 11 percent reside.
Forling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Forling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Forling surname decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Förling | 95 | 10 | / |
| Fourling | 93 | 9 | / |
| Forrling | 93 | 0 | / |
| Forlin | 92 | 3,119 | / |
| Ferling | 86 | 667 | / |
| Farling | 86 | 601 | / |
| Fourlin | 86 | 77 | / |
| Forlina | 86 | 56 | / |
| Furling | 86 | 42 | / |
| Fürling | 86 | 38 | / |
| Färling | 86 | 31 | / |
| Forlind | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vorling | 86 | 1 | / |
| Forleng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Forln | 83 | 0 | / |
| Führling | 80 | 82 | / |
| Fehrling | 80 | 40 | / |
| Farlling | 80 | 20 | / |
| Farlings | 80 | 1 | / |
| Furlings | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fahrling | 80 | 0 | / |
| Farlin | 77 | 602 | / |
| Forlim | 77 | 111 | / |
| Forlen | 77 | 34 | / |
| Vorlin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Forlín | 77 | 1 | / |
| Farlina | 71 | 1,346 | / |
| Verling | 71 | 582 | / |
| Faurlin | 71 | 132 | / |
| Varling | 71 | 30 | / |
| Värling | 71 | 4 | / |
| Farzlin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ferleng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Farlind | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forlend | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forrellina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Farllin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Farlien | 71 | 0 | / |
| Furleng | 71 | 0 | / |
| Veerling | 67 | 53 | / |
| Vehrling | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vorlleng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farln | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaarling | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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