Forbs is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Forbs?

Forbs is ranked 317063 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Forbses plummeted by 19.80198 per cent to 162 since 2000 and slipped by 23262 spots and ranked at 109258. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 50 50.99
Black 41.36 38.61
Hispanic or Latino 7.41 4.46
Forbs is a very rare family name, few people in Russia and Costa Rica have the last name. Around 921 people have been found who wears Forbs as their family name. Forbs is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,010 Nicaragua7
118,015 Netherlands1
90,903 Moldova1
24,771 Colombia1
13,606 Senegal1
151,601 Spain1
1,704,541 India1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
810,193 Indonesia1
50,549 Georgia1
289,511 England1
3,586 Honduras1
8,268 Mauritius1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
56,169 Mexico1
11,831 Tajikistan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,912 Kazakhstan43
34,417 Belarus33
3,071 Costa Rica22
116,847 Canada21
92,417 Australia17
Countries with hundreds of Forbs:
34,643 Russia439
32,644 Ukraine165
132,739 United States158
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 19 years old maid Christine Forbs who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on February 2, 1849 by Arrick put out from Glasgow. Farmer F. Forbs, P. Forbs (20) Farmer, are others that migrated to US.

Forbs Namesakes

  • Leo F. Forbstein, Music director
  • Harriett Forbstein, Leo F. Forbstein's daughter
  • Leo F. Forbstein, Music director
  • Lottie Forbstein, Leo F. Forbstein's brother
  • Tauba Forbstein, Leo F. Forbstein's mother
  • Harriett Forbstein, Leo F. Forbstein's daughter
  • Leo F. Forbstein, Music director

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