Foward Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Foward Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:7,397,121336,459
England421:1,326,62059,571
Wales121:257,87814,969
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Foward (204) may also be a first name.

Foward Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foward is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foward? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Foward is primarily found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Foward reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 43 percent reside in British Isles. Foward is also the 633,892nd most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 204 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 7,397,121. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 45 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent live and Wales, where 10 percent live.

Foward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Foward has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 258 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 420 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foward Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foward surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

Foward earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.93% less than the national average, earning $19,446 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fowards921/
Fouward921/
Fuward8311/
Fovard834/
Feward834/
Faward831/
Foubard7754/
Foivard7720/
Phoward771/
Foibard771/
Fowarte771/
Favard672,500/
Vovard67677/
Fobart6716/
Fabard6712/
Fovart679/
Fewart676/
Faverd672/
Fabord671/
Feword671/
Fochwartz671/

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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 Foward
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