Formans Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belarus

Formans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Formans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Formans Last Name Facts

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

Formans (Russian: Форманс) occurs most in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Formans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Formans are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Formans is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 7,318,678. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 55 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 45 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 26 percent are found and Israel, where 9 percent are found.

Formans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Formans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Formans last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Formanns9358/
Furmans8636/
Fermans8624/
Farmans867/
Vormans861/
Voermans801,839/
Fuhrmans8049/
Voormans8029/
Vormanns8011/
Fehrmans803/
Formance802/
Voormanns7567/
Voermanns7521/
Fuhrmanns7519/
Vermans7150/
Furmanx711/
Farmons711/
Vormons711/
Fermons710/
Vuurmans6792/
Veermans6723/
Vermons577/

Formans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Formans in the Russian language
Формансformans-

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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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  • 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 Formans
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