Forštner Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Forštner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Forštner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1291:19,2844,380
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Forstner (7,058) & Förstner (903) are calculated separately.

Forštner Last Name Facts

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

Forštner occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Forstner or Förstner. For other possible spellings of Forštner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forštner? popularity and diffusion

Forštner is the 1,573,888th most numerous family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Forštner live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Slovenia, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 19,284. In Slovenia it is most common in: Savinja, where 98 percent live, Carinthia, where 1 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 1 percent live. Beside Slovenia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forstner967,058/
Förstner92903/
Foerstner82293/
Forchtner8271/
Forstnger821/
Pforstner820/
Fürstner75209/
Furstner7576/
Ferstner7558/
Farstner750/
Forstnerová746/
Furchtner7135/
Fürsztner711/
Forsztnerová701/
Verstner631/
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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 Forštner
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