Forbush is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Forbush
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Forbush

How popular is Forbush?

Forbush is common in United States.

Forbush is ranked 198729 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Forbushs grew by 17.29581 per cent to 1709 since 2000 and ranked 16734 after elevating 1000 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.29 93.07
Black 5.32 3.98
Hispanic or Latino 2.52 1.44
Others 1.35 1.03
Forbush is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 1737 people have been found who wears Forbush as their family name. Few people around the world have Forbush as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,521 Portugal2
37,493 Austria1
289,511 England1
2,935 Madagascar1
47,891 Norway1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with thousands of Forbush:
18,768 United States1,730

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Isabella Forbush hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 16 years old embarked for USA from Londonderry on Bolton Abbey and arrived on May 26, 1849. James Forbush (20), Andrew Forbush, aged 6, 40 years old Kitty Forbush, 8 years old Eliza Forbush, are other Forbush that migrated to US.

Forbush Namesakes

  • Scott Forbush, Physicist

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