# Forst (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/forst/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,283 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,356 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 135,237 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (2,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Forst.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Forst in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Forst in Austria.

## People named Forst

- Willi Forst, Austrian actor, singer, director, producer, playwright (1903-1980)

## Similar surnames

Frost, Forrest, Forest, Furst, Fuerst, First, Forrester, Forsythe, Forster, Forsyth, Forester, Foerster.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.