Forresta Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Kenya

Forresta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forresta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Forresta (20) may also be a first name.

Forresta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forresta is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Forresta.

How Common Is The Last Name Forresta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Forresta is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Forresta occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Forresta are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Forresta is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 20 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is primarily found in: Florida, where 50 percent live and Tennessee, where 50 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 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 Forresta
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