Forrer Surname
Approximately 3,980 people bear this surname
Forrer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2,295 | 1:3,579 | 484 |
| United States | 1,019 | 1:355,701 | 31,797 |
| Netherlands | 131 | 1:128,910 | 20,052 |
| Italy | 77 | 1:794,243 | 63,344 |
| Australia | 67 | 1:402,921 | 32,505 |
| France | 67 | 1:991,384 | 111,008 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Liechtenstein | 14 | 1:2,741 | 294 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 157 | 1:319,864 | 25,024 |
The alternate forms: Förrer (2) are calculated separately.
Forrer Demographics
Average Male Forrer Height
174.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Forrer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forrer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forrer (Russian: Форрер) is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Förrer. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forrer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 115,928th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,831,042 people. The last name Forrer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Forrer are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Forrer is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 2,295 people, or 1 in 3,579. In Switzerland Forrer is primarily concentrated in: Canton of St Gallen, where 38 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 24 percent reside and Canton of Thurgau, where 9 percent reside. Besides Switzerland it exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside.
Forrer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Forrer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Forrer surname expanded 649 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Forrer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Forrer surname are 20.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.82% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Forrer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 538.08% more than the national average, earning R 1,516,310 per year; in United States they earn 4.09% less than the national average, earning $41,385 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.51% more than the national average, earning $60,866 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Forrer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Forrer in the Russian language | ||
| Форрер | forrer | - |
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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 Forrer
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