Förg Surname
Approximately 2,628 people bear this surname
Förg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,500 | 1:32,202 | 4,253 |
| Austria | 77 | 1:110,590 | 15,709 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 1:190,998 | 16,977 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Forg (355) are calculated separately.
Förg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Förg Come From? nationality or country of origin
Förg is most common in Germany. It may appear as a variant: Forg. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Förg? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 164,918th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,773,039 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Förg live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 2,500 people, or 1 in 32,202. In Germany it is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 82 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 2 percent reside. Not including Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.
Förg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Förg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Förg last name contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Förg
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