Forskey Surname

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

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

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

Forskey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forskey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Forskey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forskey is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Forskey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forskey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Forskey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Forskey reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 67 percent reside and Georgia, where 33 percent reside.

Forskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Forskey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forsky9210/
Forszke861/
Forskee860/
Forsket860/
Forsåker802/
Forskaya802/
Forskett800/
Farsky77126/
Forski7723/
Vorsky7715/
Fersky7713/
Fursky774/
Farske771/
Ferske771/
Forska771/
Farszky7143/
Ferszke7127/
Forsche716/
Pfarsky713/
Verskey712/
Phorsky711/
Farskyi711/
Farskoy711/
Farskie710/
Farskes710/
Ferschke67242/
Fürschke67144/
Forskitt67122/
Vorskaya6715/
Furskaya672/
Furschke671/
Forschee671/
Ferschky671/
Farskaya671/

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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 Forskey
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