Fornals Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Fornals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fornals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain541:865,77834,484
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080

Fornals Last Name Facts

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

Fornals is more frequently found in Spain than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fornals? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fornals is the 2,580,327th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Fornals is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Fornals live; 96 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 96 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Spain, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 865,778. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Valencian Community, where 72 percent are found, Catalonia, where 24 percent are found and Andalusia, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Spain it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fornales93192/
Fornhals931/
Fournales8859/
Fornalles883/
Fornailes881/
Fornols8658/
Fornoles80783/
Fournols80122/
Farnalls805/
Forneles802/
Fornolls801/
Farnales801/
Fornolles75895/
Varnals7196/
Vernals7186/
Furnols711/
Vernalls67239/
Vernales6758/
Vernails671/
Farnouls670/
Varnalls670/
Fernolles631/
Furnolles631/
Farnolz571/
Vernols570/
Fernholz531,728/
Vornholz5365/
Farnholz5336/
Varneles537/
Vernalez531/
Fahrnholz50114/
Vernholes501/

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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 Fornals
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