Forsbury Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Scotland

Forsbury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forsbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
England51:11,143,612252,590
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Forsbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forsbury is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forsbury? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Forsbury occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Forsbury live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Forsbury is most frequent in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 36 percent live and Scotland, where 7 percent live.

Forsbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Forsbury has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Forsbury last name fell 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Forsbury
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