Forstin Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Forstin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forstin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2651:250,65238,735
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Forstin (15) may also be a first name.

Forstin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forstin is found most in France. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forstin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 961,438th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Forstin is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Forstin live; 62 percent live in Caribbean and 62 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname Forstin is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 250,652. In France Forstin is mostly concentrated in: Guadeloupe, where 64 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 23 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 9 percent are found. Not including France it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forsting93331/
Forstina934/
Forsten86665/
Forstén86200/
Ferstin869/
Forstèn862/
Furstin862/
Farstin862/
Forstyn861/
Forssten80192/
Forsstén8032/
Forrsten801/
Forste'n801/
Forsstèn801/
Foursten801/
Forstenk800/
Forsteen800/
Verstin71185/
Fersten7173/
Fürsten7133/
Vorsten7127/
Fursten718/
Försten711/
Fersztyn671/
Farshten671/
Feershten631/
Verstyn5768/
Versten5747/
Varsten570/
Verstaen53522/
Versteen531/
Pharsten530/
Vuursteen5072/
Veerstaen504/

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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 Forstin
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