Forsythe Surname

23,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Forsythe Surname Definition:

This Scottish name, which is fairly common in Antrim and Down, has been there corrupted to Foursides

Forsythe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,2211:22,3452,809
Canada2,0921:17,6132,508
Northern Ireland1,4191:1,300268
England1,1801:47,2195,935
Jamaica6311:4,548615
Australia5431:49,7166,190
Panama2631:14,8761,126
New Zealand2181:20,7723,637
Scotland1321:40,5593,794
Ireland951:49,5683,605
Guyana721:10,5861,563
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Bahamas491:7,995667
Wales311:99,8247,946
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Cayman Islands211:3,043397
Isle of Man181:4,7681,008
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Qatar121:196,50026,891
France111:6,038,429280,838
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Grenada81:13,567908
Liberia81:551,06725,208
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
China31:455,773,85521,925
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,0231:4,330749
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1761:138,49612,565
Scotland1041:35,9922,855
Wales61:261,4039,165
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2421:22,3992,809

Forsythe (50) may also be a first name.

Forsythe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This Scottish name, which is fairly common in Antrim and Down, has been there corrupted to Foursides

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Scottish) One who came from Forsyth, in Scotland; descendant of Fearsithe (man of peace).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Gaelic.) From Fear, a man, and Syth, upright, honest, stiff.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Forsythe Last Name Facts

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

Forsythe occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Forsythe.

How Common Is The Last Name Forsythe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 23,322nd most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 313,632 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Forsythe live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 50 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 16,221 people, or 1 in 22,345. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 6 percent are found.

Forsythe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Forsythe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 724 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 670 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 127 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 91 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 517 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Forsythe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Presbyterian (42%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Forsythe surname are 12.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.74% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Forsythe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.68% more than the national average, earning R 407,976 per year; in United States they earn 1.09% more than the national average, earning $43,618 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.59% more than the national average, earning $50,474 CAD per year.

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Forsythe Reference & Research

Forsythe DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Forsythe FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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