Forsu Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Forsu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forsu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia151:136,67019,278
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Forsu Last Name Facts

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

Forsu is found most frequently in Latvia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forsu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Forsu reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 68 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname Forsu is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 136,670. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 87 percent reside, Semigallia, where 7 percent reside and Vidzeme, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Latvia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forsuh911,329/
Forshu9114/
Forsou911/
Forsui911/
Forsudd8316/
Forshus838/
Forshui830/
Forsuth830/
Vorsu80639/
Farsu8045/
Forju809/
Fursu803/
Forzu801/
Forshult778/
Foursaud772/
Forchu73756/
Fursau736/
Vorshu735/
Fersou733/
Farsiu732/
Forjou732/
Forzuh732/
Farsus731/
Farssu731/
Farsud731/
Phorsu731/
Farsou731/
Fershu730/
Fourcou6726/
Fershau6718/
Fourjou678/
Farsous675/
Farsoud674/
Forchou673/
Farshui672/
Farshou671/
Farssou671/
Fursuth671/
Forshoe671/
Fordjou671/

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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 Forsu
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