Fornahl Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fornahl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fornahl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1341:600,78748,250
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Fornahl Last Name Facts

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

Fornahl is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fornahl? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Fornahl live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 600,787. In Germany Fornahl is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 60 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 8 percent are found and Berlin, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Germany Fornahl is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fornal926,506/
Fornale86164/
Fournal86160/
Fernahl8656/
Fornall8625/
Fornnal861/
Fornacil8026/
Vornhahl807/
D'Fornal801/
Fourgnal801/
Fournald800/
Fornholt800/
Fornol77227/
Furnal77216/
Farnal77133/
Fernal7791/
Fornál7724/
Vornal777/
Fornalová757/
Fornasiel753/
Fournol71409/
Furnald71159/
Farnall7191/
Fernall7141/
Phornal713/
Fornold711/
Vornhol711/
Farnhal711/
Farnald711/
Furnnal710/
Furnall710/
Farnault67834/
Farnholt6728/
Fernhall6715/
Farnhold671/
Farnasil671/
Fournuol671/
Farnhall671/
Farnauld670/
Farrnalt670/
Feurnald670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Fornahl
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis