Formal Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Formal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Formal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1271:523,01472,224
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Afghanistan91:3,572,57620,130
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
India61:127,844,230863,365
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Formal (24) may also be a first name.

Formal Last Name Facts

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

Formal (Arabic: فورمال) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Formal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Formal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 842,714th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 42 percent of Formal are found; 39 percent are found in Western Europe and 39 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Formal is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 24 people.

The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 523,014. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Brittany, where 56 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 23 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 8 percent are found. Outside of France it is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Formal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Formal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Formal surname expanded 825 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Formal Last Name Statistics demography

Formal earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.17% less than the national average, earning $24,521 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Formale9233/
Fourmal923/
Formall922/
Formail921/
Formatl921/
Formacil8695/
Fourmail861/
Formatel861/
Formhale860/
Formhall860/
Fermal8339/
Farmal8322/
Formol833/
Fourmault8074/
Furmall7719/
Farmale771/
Farmall771/
Farmail771/
Farmeal771/
Fermall770/
Formosel715/
Formoyle710/
Vermal6775/
Varmal6726/
Farmalova673/
Farmailova633/
Vermeal6278/
Varmall6272/
Fermoil6217/
Veermal6211/
Pharmal623/
Farmoyl620/
Vermall620/
Farmoyle574/
Veermall573/
Farmholdt530/

Formal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Formal in the Arabic language
فورمالfwrmal-

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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
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  • 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 Formal
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