Förch Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Förch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 585 | 1:137,616 | 16,716 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Forch (633) are calculated separately.
Förch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Förch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Förch occurs most in Germany. It can also appear as a variant: Forch. Click here to see other possible spellings of Förch.
How Common Is The Last Name Förch? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 527,543rd most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Förch live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 137,616. In Germany Förch is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 58 percent reside, Bavaria, where 30 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 2 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Förch
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