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    The surname Forsman

    A surname, carried by 2,196 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F625

    Forsman: #13,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Forsman #13,775, 2,196 people Forsman: #13,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Forsman #13,775, 2,196 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Forsman is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,196 people named Forsman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,595 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,056.

    #13,775
    rank among US surnames
    2,196
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,548)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,771Badgley2,197140,531
    #13,775Balke2,196140,595
    #13,781Pettengill2,195140,659

    Who is named Forsman

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

    94% of people named Forsman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Forsman?
    2,196 people in the United States had the surname Forsman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,595 Americans. It ranked 13,775th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Forsman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Forsman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Forsman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,196 in 2010, up 6.8%.