Forste Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Forste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 369 | 1:982,274 | 72,839 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Förste (543) are calculated separately.
Forste (10) may also be a first name.
Forste Demographics
Average Forste Salary in
United States
$44,444 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Forste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forste is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Förste. For other potential spellings of Forste click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forste? popularity and diffusion
Forste is the 758,524th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Forste are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 10 people.
The surname Forste is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 982,274. In The United States it is mostly found in: Missouri, where 21 percent are found, Ohio, where 19 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States Forste exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.
Forste Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Forste last name are 21.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.75% being registered to vote for the party.
Forste earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3% more than the national average, earning $44,444 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 Forste
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