Forriester Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Forriester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forriester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Forriester Last Name Facts

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

Forriester occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Forriester? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Forriester occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Forriester are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Forriester is primarily concentrated in: Alabama, where 71 percent live, Arkansas, where 14 percent live and Washington, where 14 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent live.

Forriester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forriester has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Forriester Last Name Statistics demography

Forriester earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.94% more than the national average, earning $59,518 USD per year.

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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 Forriester
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