Formes Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Philippines

Formes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Formes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2721:787,03828,581
Philippines1651:613,56566,062
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Formes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Formes occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Formes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Formes is the 549,140th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. The last name Formes is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Formes live; 51 percent live in South America and 47 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 787,038. In Brazil Formes is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 93 percent live, Paraná, where 5 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 1 percent live. Beside Brazil it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Formes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Formes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Formes surname increased 531 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Formes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Formes surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Formes earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.7% more than the national average, earning $43,882 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Formeus925/
Foermes922/
Formets921/
Forme91195/
Fourmies867/
Former83594/
Formet83535/
Formis83322/
Fermes83129/
Formey83125/
Formea8362/
Farmes8359/
Formez8315/
Vormes838/
Fourme837/
Formme832/
Formed831/
Formee831/
Formie830/
Fourmet7738/
Formice7717/
Fermeus7712/
Fermess778/
Fourmey772/
Farmess772/
Fourmis772/
Formais772/
Vormeus771/
Farmees771/
Furmesh771/
Farmese771/
Fourmer771/
Farmesh771/
Fermesh771/
Fermies771/
Formech771/
Fuhrmes770/
Pformer770/
Farmest770/
Furmies770/
Forma732,620/
Formi7378/
Farme7372/
Formy7368/
Vorme7311/
Formé732/
Formahei71134/
Fourmois7131/
Voormees7111/
Fourmais711/
Farmiesh711/
Formherz711/
Pformeer711/
Farmer67131,029/
Fourmy671,707/
Vermes671,674/
Fourmi67289/
Fermis67195/
Formoy67139/
Formai67126/
Fourma67123/
Farmie6789/
Farmis6736/
Vormis6712/
Formay6712/
Varmes678/
Farmey677/
Farmeh676/
Fermez675/
Farmet674/
Farmed674/
Formic674/
Vormès672/
Formiz672/
Farmee672/
Farmej671/
Forehemer671/
Formha671/
Formuj671/
Formih671/
Foormi671/
Formit671/
Formix671/
Fohrma670/
Vormey670/

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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 Formes
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