Fornar Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Argentina

Fornar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fornar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Fornar Last Name Facts

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

Fornar is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fornar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fornar is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Fornar reside; 75 percent reside in South America and 63 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 80 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Brazil this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.

Fornar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fornar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fornar surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fornear92203/
Fornare9220/
Fornard925/
Fornart921/
Fournar920/
Fournard8661/
Fournair864/
Fornor8391/
Fernar833/
Furnar833/
Farnar832/
Fournaire802/
Furnare7774/
Farnard776/
Fornore776/
Farngar775/
Fornord772/
Farnaar771/
Furnair771/
Fornnor771/
Forneyr770/
Farnaur770/
Furnard770/
Furnear770/
Fourneir719/
Fournour713/
Farnhare710/
Fargnahr710/
Ferneaur710/
Vernar6751/
Varnar6719/
Vornor672/
Fernár671/
Farnhardt671/
Fourrneir670/

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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 Fornar
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