The surname Forbis
A surname, carried by 2,040 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F612
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,040 people named Forbis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,346 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,981.
#14,591
rank among US surnames
2,040
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3%
change since 2000 (was #13,980)
Who is named Forbis
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Forbis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Forbis has the Soundex code F612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F612.
Questions
- How common is the surname Forbis?
- 2,040 people in the United States had the surname Forbis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,346 Americans. It ranked 14,591st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Forbis?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Forbis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Forbis getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,040 in 2010, up 3.0%.