Forostovets Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Forostovets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Forostovets 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
Ukraine2381:191,27226,004
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ukraine

Forostovets Demographics

Forostovets Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

Sample size: 5 (2016)

Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

View the most religious surnames in Ukraine

Forostovets Last Name Facts

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

Forostovets (Russian: Форостовец) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forostovets? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,014,722nd most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname Forostovets occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Forostovets live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 191,272. In Ukraine Forostovets is primarily concentrated in: Kiev, where 66 percent live, Kiev Oblast, where 28 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 2 percent live. Besides Ukraine this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Forostovets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

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
Forostovish821/
Forostovyi7611/
Forostovoi761/
Forostovich7323/
Forostovych7318/
Vorotović60212/
Voratović5012/
Faratovic503/

Forostovets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Forostovets in the Russian language
Форостовецforostovec-

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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 Forostovets
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