Forsting Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Forsting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forsting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2251:1,610,929108,055
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
Denmark251:225,78917,947
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Forsting Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forsting is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Forsting? popularity and diffusion

Forsting is the 833,931st most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. Forsting occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Forsting are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 1,610,929. In The United States Forsting is mostly found in: Illinois, where 17 percent are found, South Dakota, where 16 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Denmark, where 8 percent are found.

Forsting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forsting has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 682 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Forsting Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Forsting surname are 0.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.57% registered with the party.

Forsting earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.76% less than the national average, earning $38,936 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forstin93271/
Forstina884/
Fersting881/
Forsten80665/
Forstén80200/
Forstèn802/
Farstin802/
Forstyn801/
Forssten75192/
Forsstén7532/
Forste'n751/
Forrsten751/
Forsstèn751/
Foursten751/
Forstenk750/
Forsteen750/
Vorsten6727/
Farshten631/
Varsten530/
Pharsten500/

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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 Forsting
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