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    The surname Forshee

    A surname, carried by 2,268 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

    Forshee: #13,435 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Forshee #13,435, 2,268 people Forshee: #13,435 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Forshee #13,435, 2,268 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Forshee is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,268 people named Forshee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,131 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,375.

    #13,435
    rank among US surnames
    2,268
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,058)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,427Legere2,270136,011
    #13,431Renard2,269136,071
    #13,435Forshee2,268136,131
    #13,438Epperly2,267136,191
    #13,440Lerman2,266136,251

    Who is named Forshee

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

    89% of people named Forshee identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    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 Forshee

    Forshee has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Forshee?
    2,268 people in the United States had the surname Forshee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,131 Americans. It ranked 13,435th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Forshee?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Forshee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Forshee getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,268 in 2010, down 4.5%.