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    The surname Forshey

    A surname, carried by 1,096 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

    Forshey: #23,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Forshey #23,251, 1,096 people Forshey: #23,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Forshey #23,251, 1,096 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Forshey is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,096 people named Forshey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,702 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 997.

    #23,251
    rank among US surnames
    1,096
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,698)

    Who is named Forshey

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

    95% of people named Forshey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Forshey

    Forshey 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 Forshey?
    1,096 people in the United States had the surname Forshey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,702 Americans. It ranked 23,251st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Forshey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Forshey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Forshey getting more or less common?
    More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,096 in 2010, up 9.9%.