Foršek Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Foršek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 45 | 1:93,969 | 15,353 |
| Slovenia | 45 | 1:55,282 | 8,759 |
The alternate forms: Forsek (10) are calculated separately.
Foršek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foršek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foršek is most common in Croatia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Forsek. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foršek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foršek is the 1,967,751st most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. Foršek occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Foršek are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 93,969. In Croatia it is most common in: City of Zagreb, where 80 percent live, Šibenik-Knin County, where 11 percent live and Karlovac County, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 50 percent live.
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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 Foršek
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