How common is the surname Fornes?

566 people in the United States had the surname Fornes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fornes?

In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Fornes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fornes?

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

Where is the surname Fornes most common?

Wikidata records people named Fornes in Cuba.

Is the surname Fornes getting more or less common?

Less common. 589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, down 3.9%.

The surname Fornes

A Catalan place surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fornes is more common than 76% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

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”).

Fornes is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 566 people named Fornes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is down 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 589.

#38,948

rank among US surnames

566

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-3.9%

change since 2000 (was #35,994)

Who is named Fornes

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

65% of people named Fornes identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Forness

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fornes

Fornes has the Soundex code F652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F652.

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fornes come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Fornes?: 566 people in the United States had the surname Fornes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fornes?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Fornes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fornes?: María Irene Fornés, American playwright and writer (1930-2018).
Where is the surname Fornes most common?: Wikidata records people named Fornes in Cuba.
What type of surname is Fornes?: Fornes is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Fornes getting more or less common?: Less common. 589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, down 3.9%.