Forstyh Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Forstyh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Forstyh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forstyh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forstyh is most common in Scotland. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forstyh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Forstyh are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in British Isles.
This surname is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 446,151. In Scotland Forstyh is most frequent in: East Lothian, where 42 percent live, West Lothian, where 42 percent live and City of Edinburgh, where 17 percent live. Outside of Scotland Forstyh is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forstyhe | 93 | 2 | / |
| Forstyth | 93 | 1 | / |
| Forsty | 92 | 31 | / |
| Forstey | 86 | 16 | / |
| Forsthe | 86 | 14 | / |
| Forsthy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Forshtay | 80 | 33 | / |
| Forsther | 80 | 1 | / |
| Forste | 77 | 377 | / |
| Forsta | 77 | 51 | / |
| Forsti | 77 | 39 | / |
| Fursty | 77 | 1 | / |
| Forster | 71 | 73,956 | / |
| Foerste | 71 | 249 | / |
| Forstie | 71 | 123 | / |
| Forsted | 71 | 15 | / |
| Farstey | 71 | 6 | / |
| Forstes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Farstoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foersti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vorsthe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forstet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forstedt | 67 | 54 | / |
| Farshtey | 67 | 46 | / |
| Farshteh | 67 | 44 | / |
| Foirster | 67 | 9 | / |
| Forrster | 67 | 8 | / |
| Farsstoy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Farshtay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Forshter | 67 | 3 | / |
| Forstter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forszter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fosrster | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fourster | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forstead | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foorster | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Forstyh
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