Forma Surname
Approximately 2,620 people bear this surname
Forma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1,169 | 1:32,514 | 5,001 |
| Italy | 385 | 1:158,849 | 24,514 |
| United States | 199 | 1:1,821,402 | 119,204 |
| Algeria | 156 | 1:247,638 | 26,688 |
| Argentina | 93 | 1:459,607 | 34,406 |
| Canada | 75 | 1:491,275 | 42,011 |
| Turkey | 74 | 1:1,051,641 | 46,826 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Netherlands | 57 | 1:296,266 | 35,624 |
| Finland | 47 | 1:116,951 | 11,447 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Fôrma (1) are calculated separately.
Forma (141) may also be a first name.
Forma Demographics
Forma Political Affiliation
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Forma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forma (Arabic: فورما) is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Fôrma. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 165,368th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,781,506 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Forma are found; 45 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 45 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Forma is also the 778,371st most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 141 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Poland, where it is borne by 1,169 people, or 1 in 32,514. Without taking into account Poland this surname exists in 54 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Forma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Forma has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 3,980 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Forma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Forma last name are 22.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Forma earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 46.58% less than the national average, earning 184,882 kr per year; in United States they earn 19.17% more than the national average, earning $51,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14% more than the national average, earning $56,639 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Forma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Forma in the Arabic language | ||
| فورما | fwrma | - |
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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 Forma
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