Forming Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Forming Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forming Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran431:1,785,64066,464
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Forming (27) may also be a first name.

Forming Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forming is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Forming.

How Common Is The Last Name Forming? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,746,821st most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Forming is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Forming reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread given name in the world It is held by 27 people.

The last name Forming is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 1,785,640. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 74 percent live, Markazi Province, where 19 percent live and Ilam Province, where 2 percent live. Excluding Iran Forming is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Formin92221/
Formina86134/
Formijn8623/
Ferming8618/
Fourmin8617/
Farming8615/
Forhmin865/
Formn831/
Farmings801/
Farrming800/
Pferming800/
Farmin77165/
Formen77155/
Vormin774/
Formyn772/
Forminova752/
Forment711,186/
Varming71432/
Farmina7193/
Phormin717/
Formyna716/
Vormeng713/
Furminc712/
Vormien712/
Farmien712/
Formeen711/
Fourmen711/
Farrmin710/
Farmind710/
Fourment671,498/
Farmn673/
Phormmin672/
Formentì671/
Vaarming671/

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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 Forming
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