Forstmeier Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Forstmeier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 343 | 1:234,710 | 25,927 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Forstmeier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forstmeier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forstmeier is found most in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forstmeier? popularity and diffusion
It is the 801,116th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Forstmeier live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 234,710. In Germany it is most common in: Bavaria, where 83 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 2 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forstmaier | 90 | 105 | / |
| Forstmeyer | 90 | 52 | / |
| Forstmer | 89 | 0 | / |
| Forstmair | 84 | 12 | / |
| Forstmyer | 84 | 0 | / |
| Firstmeyer | 80 | 15 | / |
| Forstmayer | 80 | 3 | / |
| Forstemyer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Frostmer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Furst-Meyer | 76 | 1 | / |
| Forest-Muir | 76 | 1 | / |
| Forstmayr | 74 | 8 | / |
| Forrest-Muir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Frosthammer | 67 | 14 | / |
| Frostmyr | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fares Tamer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Frostmar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Forestmoore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forest-Moore | 64 | 7 | / |
| Frostemyr | 63 | 2 | / |
| Forest Moreau | 61 | 1 | / |
| Fürst-Mauro | 57 | 5 | / |
| Frosthammar | 57 | 5 | / |
| Ferraz Temer | 55 | 2 | / |
| Frey Westmar | 55 | 1 | / |
| Farzadmehr | 50 | 201 | / |
| Vieira Estamer | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Forstmeier
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