Forness Surname
Approximately 837 people bear this surname
Forness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 784 | 1:462,320 | 39,439 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 49 | 1:1,024,871 | 60,160 |
Forness Demographics
Average Forness Salary in
United States
$43,065 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Forness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forness (Russian: Форнесс) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Forness? popularity and diffusion
The last name Forness is the 415,769th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,706,745 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Forness live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 462,320. In The United States Forness is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Minnesota, where 12 percent are found and Missouri, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Forness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Forness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Forness last name expanded 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Forness Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Forness surname are 14.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Forness earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 30.62% less than the national average, earning 240,107 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.19% less than the national average, earning $43,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.67% less than the national average, earning $39,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Forness Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Forness in the Russian language | ||
| Форнесс | forness | - |
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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 Forness
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