Forés Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Forés Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forés Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain941:497,36225,035
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Fores (3,509) & Forès (2) are calculated separately.

Forés Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forés is found most frequently in Spain. It may be rendered as a variant: Fores or Forès. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forés? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,620,164th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname Forés occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Forés are found; 77 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 77 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 497,362. In Spain it is most common in: Catalonia, where 48 percent live, Valencian Community, where 37 percent live and Madrid, where 4 percent live. Aside from Spain Forés occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 11 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fores933,509/
Forès932/
Foré89164/
Forys801,761/
Foris801,238/
Fouré80115/
Forré8054/
Farés8018/
Forét802/
Fotré802/
Foiré801/
Forée801/
Forest7325,172/
Forges731,462/
Forese731,167/
Foures731,154/
Forizs73335/
Forish73299/
Forres73180/
Fouris73133/
Fourré73130/
Forris73128/
Farrés73112/
Forist73110/
Forysz7387/
Fourès7360/
Forets7353/
Foryst7331/
Forysh7330/
Forais7328/
Forisz7323/
Foress7323/
Foresz7315/
Foreis7312/
Foutré7312/
Foresh7312/
Foores739/
Foriss734/
Fotres732/
Forees732/
Fories732/
Forise732/
Forays732/
Forhes731/
Forgis731/
Foreas731/
Forijs731/
Foreus731/
Forrest6764,301/
Fore6710,607/
Fora672,981/
Fory672,159/
Fori671,613/
Fourest67324/
Foutris67211/
Fourets67198/
Forisch67152/
Foirest67140/
Forgays6770/
Fourres6737/
Faré6722/
Foureys6720/
Forysth6719/
Forrise6714/
Forysch6713/
Forestt6710/
Fouries678/
Fourgis678/
Foresse676/
Foutres676/
Forrist676/
Foresch674/
Foresst674/
Foresth672/
Forrois672/
Fforest672/
Forè672/
Pforest671/
Forress671/
Foorest671/
Foreist671/
Forishe671/
Forê671/
Foreest671/
Foiresr671/
Fouress671/
Forj671/
Forhess671/
Forgish671/
Forreus671/
Foreese670/
Forrais670/
Forrish670/
Forgais670/
Foreiss670/
Foryssh670/
Forrets670/
Fourges670/

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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 Forés
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