Foran is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Foran
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Foran

How popular is Foran?

Foran is common in England.

Foran is ranked 49192 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Foran bearers increased by 4.462025 per cent in 2010 US census to 3301 since 2000, the surname slipped by 372 spots and ranked at 9808. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.49 95.44
Hispanic or Latino 2.82 1.77
Others 1.33 0.66
Black 1.12 0.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.09 1.04
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.15 0.16
Foran is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9681 people have been found who wears Foran as their family name. Foran is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
720,003 Russia4
381,097 Ukraine4
26,321 Israel3
9,097 Wales3
119,730 Brazil3
219,873 France2
4,231 Jamaica2
1,118 Isle of Man2
18,625 Japan2
174,544 Czech Republic1
107,212 South Africa1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
31,584 Peru1
53,505 Turkey1
846 American Samoa1
42,479 Greece1
20,172 Hungary1
91,024 Belgium1
3,071 Jersey1
1,819 Laos1
165,773 Belarus1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
24,176 Qatar1
12,745 Luxembourg1
77,122 Sweden1
34,581 Chile1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
62,494 Netherlands22
407,590 India21
89,048 Spain13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,532 Scotland79
12,143 New Zealand52
Countries with hundreds of Foran:
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Foran:
9,080 United States4,079
470 Ireland1,611
3,211 Canada1,476
2,801 Australia1,105
6,714 England1,038
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Foran was 24 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 15, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as workwoman and took Monteauma from Liverpool. 35 years old Edward Foran, Workman Thomas Foran, Edward Foran, aged 24, Immigrant Lucy Foran, 20 years old Dennis Foran, 14 years old Ellen Foran, Matron Honora Foran, 20 years old M.A. Foran, and 44 other Foran around 67.86% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, servant migrated to US from Cork, Liverpool, Dublin and Tralee.

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The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of the Gallo Roman bagius personal name and the suffix acum which means the land of the warrior bagius.

Foran Namesakes

  • Aime Forand, Politician
  • Aime Forand, Politician
  • Barb Foran, Actress
  • Dick Foran, Actor
  • Dick Foran, Actor
  • Dick Foran, Actor
  • Thomas Foran, Politician
  • Kieran Foran, Rugby league Five-eighth
  • Liam Foran, Rugby Player
  • Alice Foran, Stanley Holloway's wife

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