Forró Surname

221,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,843 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Forró Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forró Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,3301:7,381886
Slovakia3791:14,0801,935
Romania611:329,14528,853
Czechia461:231,16232,089
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: Forro (3,278) & Forrò (1) are calculated separately.

Forró (18) may also be a first name.

Forró Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forró is found in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Forro or Forrò. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Forró? popularity and diffusion

It is the 221,405th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 3,954,176 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Forró are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 72 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Forró is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is borne by 1,330 people, or 1 in 7,381. In Hungary Forró is most numerous in: Somogy County, where 21 percent reside, Pest County, where 18 percent reside and Budapest, where 15 percent reside. Besides Hungary Forró occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 21 percent reside and Romania, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forro933,278/
Forrò931/
Forrós9112/
Forrói911/
Foró898/
Forra80307/
Farró809/
Furró802/
Forróová77317/
Forrat73770/
Forrás73447/
Forras7378/
Fourro7375/
Forraz7335/
Forros7323/
Forroy7314/
Fourra738/
Forrah736/
Fhorra731/
Forrot731/
Forrad731/
Foro673,510/
Fora672,981/
Foru67594/
Furó67225/
Fourrat67179/
Fáró6795/
Fúró6754/
Foróová6715/
Forraht6710/
Faró677/
Forroux674/
Forò672/
Forrois672/
Fourrah672/
Fourrau671/
Forreus671/
Forrosh671/
Forrast670/

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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 Forró
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