How common is the surname Foerster?

2,792 people in the United States had the surname Foerster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,582 Americans. It ranked 11,312th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Foerster?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Foerster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Foerster?

Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911-2002), followed by Anna Foerster.

Where is the surname Foerster most common?

Wikidata records people named Foerster in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Foerster getting more or less common?

More common. 2,748 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,792 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Foerster

A surname, carried by 2,792 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foerster is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,792 people named Foerster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,582 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,748.

#11,312

rank among US surnames

2,792

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,678)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,308	Gadd	2,793	110,543
#11,312	Foerster	2,792	110,582
#11,317	Cambron	2,791	110,622
#11,318	Patil	2,790	110,661
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741

Who is named Foerster

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Foerster identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Foersters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Heinz von Foerster
Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911-2002)
Anna Foerster
American cinematographer and director, born 1971

Notable Foersters come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Foerster

Foerster has the Soundex code F623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F623.

Questions

How common is the surname Foerster?: 2,792 people in the United States had the surname Foerster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,582 Americans. It ranked 11,312th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foerster?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Foerster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Foerster?: Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911-2002), followed by Anna Foerster.
Where is the surname Foerster most common?: Wikidata records people named Foerster in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Foerster getting more or less common?: More common. 2,748 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,792 in 2010, up 1.6%.