Forsterling Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Forsterling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forsterling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Försterling (618) are calculated separately.

Forsterling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forsterling is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Försterling. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Forsterling? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Forsterling occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Forsterling are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 11,692,224. In The United States Forsterling is most numerous in: Wisconsin, where 55 percent live, New York, where 26 percent live and Indiana, where 13 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.

Forsterling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Forsterling are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Forsterling earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 64.77% more than the national average, earning $71,096 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
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  • 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 Forsterling
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