Fornies Surname

447,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 761 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Fornies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fornies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain5981:78,1816,789
Argentina851:502,86437,103
France621:1,071,334116,831
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Forniés (26) & Forniès (1) are calculated separately.

Fornies Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fornies occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Forniés or Forniès. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fornies? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 447,670th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,576,276 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Fornies live; 79 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 79 percent live in Iberian Europe.

Fornies is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 598 people, or 1 in 78,181. In Spain Fornies is mostly found in: Aragon, where 42 percent are found, Catalonia, where 30 percent are found and Madrid, where 11 percent are found. Other than Spain this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 11 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.

Fornies Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fornies has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fornies surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forniés9526/
Forniès951/
Fournies9363/
Fornes927,181/
Fornis921,061/
Fornie9254/
Fournie861,811/
Fornier86942/
Forness86837/
Fournes86595/
Fournis86435/
Forneas86356/
Forniss86149/
Fornges8611/
Fornest8610/
Forneus866/
Furnies865/
Fornios864/
Fernies862/
Forneis862/
Fornish861/
Forhnes861/
Fornais861/
Forneys861/
Forrnes860/
Fornise860/
Forgnes860/
Fornist860/
Fournier80149,912/
Fournais80123/
Fourniez80123/
Fourness8097/
Fourniea8051/
Fourniss8026/
Fornaess8012/
Fournest809/
Fournets806/
Fourniet806/
Voornies802/
Fournois802/
Fournice801/
Foirnier801/
Forgnier801/
Fournieé801/
Fourniés801/
Foornier801/
Fornnier800/
Farnes771,563/
Furnes771,149/
Farnie77195/
Fernes77181/
Forniz77181/
Vornes77148/
Fornez77114/
Fornés77100/
Furnis7781/
Fernis7743/
Fornge7726/
Farnis7724/
Fornix7722/
Förnes7719/
Fornäs7714/
Vornis777/
Fornée777/
Fornex775/
Fornís775/
Fornié774/
Fornès772/
Forgne770/
Fournaise75684/
Fourgnier7532/
Fourrnier751/
Fournierz751/
Fournnier751/
Furness718,475/
Furniss716,099/
Furnish712,184/
Farnese71948/
Farnier71741/
Farnish71237/
Farness71221/
Fournez71209/
Fournié7199/
Förnges7167/
Fürniss7145/
Fournex7142/
Farniss7133/
Fornich7132/
Farnest7127/
Furnice7125/
Fornous7125/
Fornech7125/
Ferness7120/
Fernish7116/
Fournès7113/
Farnaes7111/
Fórneas7110/
Ferneus715/
Farnois714/
Ferniss714/
Farneis714/
Vernies714/
Fournée714/
Farnais713/
Fornyer713/
Farnesh712/
Furnesh711/
Farznie711/
Forneyhush711/
Furnise711/
Voornis711/
Varnies711/
Fornjeh711/
Fornyos711/
Fernais711/
Forgnet711/
Farnees711/
Furneis710/
Furnist710/
Furnisz710/
Forgner710/
Furnnes710/
Furnest710/
Furnese710/
Fargnier67111/
Farniaie6730/
Fournous6713/
Fourniyi677/
Farnajis675/
Voornees673/
Faurnier672/
Farrness671/
Fourgner671/
Furnisse671/
Voorneis671/
Fuurniss671/
Farniaei671/
Farnishe671/
Farnaiss671/
Furrness670/
Farennie670/
Voorness670/
Farnisse670/
Furnness670/

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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 Fornies
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