Forniz Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Forniz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 86 | 1:711,124 | 60,287 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Forniz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forniz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forniz has its highest incidence in Italy. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Forniz.
How Common Is The Last Name Forniz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,267,784th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Forniz live; 48 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent live in Italic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Italy, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 711,124. In Italy Forniz is most frequent in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 90 percent live, Veneto, where 7 percent live and Lazio, where 2 percent live. Besides Italy this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 33 percent live and Argentina, where 12 percent live.
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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 Forniz
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