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    The surname Forbush

    A surname, carried by 1,709 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F612

    Forbush: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Forbush #16,734, 1,709 people Forbush: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Forbush #16,734, 1,709 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Forbush is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    Two main origins: * A variant of the Scottish surname Forbes. * An Americanized spelling of German Vorbusch.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,709 people named Forbush in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

    #16,734
    rank among US surnames
    1,709
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,728Rivenbark1,710180,553
    #16,734Forbush1,709180,659
    #16,743Petti1,708180,764

    Who is named Forbush

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

    90% of people named Forbush identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Forbush

    Forbush has the Soundex code F612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F612.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Forbush come from?
    Two main origins: * A variant of the Scottish surname Forbes. * An Americanized spelling of German Vorbusch.
    How common is the surname Forbush?
    1,709 people in the United States had the surname Forbush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. It ranked 16,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Forbush?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Forbush identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Forbush getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,709 in 2010, up 17%.