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
Förch is most common in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Forch. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Förch? popularity and diffusion
The surname Förch is the 527,543rd most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. Förch occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Förch are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Förch is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 137,616. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 58 percent reside, Bavaria, where 30 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Förch
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