# Fornes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fornes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 566 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,948 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 545,487 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.9% (589 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Fornés, a respelling of Forners. * Borrowed from Norwegian Fornes, a habitational surname composed of the elements fura (“pine”) or for (“foremost”) and nes (“headland”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fornes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 32% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fornes in Cuba.

## People named Fornes

- María Irene Fornés, American playwright and writer (1930-2018)

## Similar surnames

Furness, Frances, Franzese, Franklin, Francis, Franco, Frank, French, Franks, Francisco, François, Farnsworth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.