Foršt Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Foršt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 56 | 1:189,883 | 27,834 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
The alternate forms: Forst (7,200), Först (1,263) & Fořst (3) are calculated separately.
Foršt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foršt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foršt is held by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Forst, Först or Fořst. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foršt? popularity and diffusion
Foršt is the 2,203,767th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Foršt reside; 76 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 76 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
Foršt is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 189,883. In Czechia Foršt is most frequent in: Pardubice Region, where 25 percent are found, Hradec Králové Region, where 23 percent are found and Liberec Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Czechia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forst | 93 | 7,200 | / |
| Först | 87 | 1,263 | / |
| Fořst | 87 | 3 | / |
| Furšt | 80 | 12 | / |
| Forštová | 77 | 79 | / |
| Foerst | 73 | 552 | / |
| Forcht | 73 | 388 | / |
| Forste | 73 | 377 | / |
| Forsht | 73 | 175 | / |
| Forszt | 73 | 126 | / |
| Forsth | 73 | 32 | / |
| Fortje | 73 | 9 | / |
| Forsts | 73 | 7 | / |
| Forrst | 73 | 6 | / |
| Fourst | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pforst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fohrst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fors | 67 | 7,932 | / |
| Fořt | 67 | 1,088 | / |
| Forscht | 67 | 94 | / |
| Pfortje | 67 | 25 | / |
| Forsthe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Forx | 67 | 3 | / |
| Forssth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fourcht | 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
- 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 Foršt
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