Forsthofer Surname

667,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 449 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Forsthofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forsthofer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2001:402,52737,103
Austria1721:49,5087,848
Brazil621:3,452,81297,678
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Forsthofer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forsthofer is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Forsthofer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 667,223rd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Forsthofer live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 402,527. In Germany Forsthofer is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 88 percent live, Hesse, where 6 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 percent live. Besides Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 14 percent live.

Forsthofer Last Name Statistics demography

Forsthofer earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.01% more than the national average, earning R 292,320 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forsthoffer95275/
Forresthofer911/
Forstoffer9012/
Friesthafer760/

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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 Forsthofer
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