Forneman Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Forneman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Forneman Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden151:656,45048,545
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Forneman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forneman is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forneman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Forneman occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Forneman reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Forneman is most common in Sweden, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 40 percent are found, Östergötland County, where 27 percent are found and Dalarna County, where 20 percent are found. Other than Sweden this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fornemann942/
Farneman8853/
Ferneman8825/
Voorneman82142/
Verneman7512/
Ferniman758/
Vornaman750/
Farnaman750/
Furnemont71222/
Verenneman673/
Verniman632/
Furnémont5974/
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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 Forneman
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