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    The surname Forney

    A surname, carried by 6,755 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F650

    Forney: #5,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Forney #5,172, 6,755 people Forney: #5,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Forney #5,172, 6,755 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Forney is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,755 people named Forney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,706 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,600.

    #5,172
    rank among US surnames
    6,755
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,886)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,164Hulse6,77645,565
    #5,165Guarino6,77545,571
    #5,166Rickman6,77445,578
    #5,167Borrego6,77245,591
    #5,168Born6,77145,598
    #5,169Vaccaro6,76645,632
    #5,170Greenwell6,76545,639

    Who is named Forney

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

    69% of people named Forney identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Forneys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alan Forney
      American rower, born 1960
    • Dave Forney
      American information theorist (born 1940)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Forney

    Forney has the Soundex code F650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Forney?
    6,755 people in the United States had the surname Forney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,706 Americans. It ranked 5,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Forney?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Forney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Forney?
    Alan Forney, American rower, followed by Dave Forney.
    Where is the surname Forney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Forney in the United States.
    Is the surname Forney getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,755 in 2010, up 2.3%.