Forest is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 6 characters long in length.
From residence in one. Forest is, however, the specific name of place in counties Durham, Brecon, etc.
Of the forest.
Dweller at, or in, a large wood or forest.
Forest is a form of Laforey. La Forêt-Forest. John Laforey, only son and heir of Louis Laforey, and nephew of the Marquis de la Forêt of the province King of William Poitou came into England with king William III and was made governor of Pendennis Castle, county of Cornwall. His son was created a baronet.
How popular is Forest?
Forest is common in France, United States, Canada, England, Australia, Brazil, Haiti, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Thailand, Jamaica, New Caledonia.
Forest is ranked 21639 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of Forest bearers increased by 1.4 per cent in 2010 US census to 5076 since 2000, the surname slipped by 391 spots and ranked at 6661. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
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White | 65.76 | 69.1 |
Black | 28.23 | 26.69 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2.7 | 1.56 |
Others | 2.11 | 1.48 |
Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 0.93 | 0.74 |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.28 | 0.44 |
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Immigrants to US
From Germany
Farmer Julien Forest from France aboard the Hemisphere from Havre. He is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in USA on June 7, 1856. Louis Forest (29), 26 years old Filicite Forest, Pierre Forest, aged 26, 35 years old Jeanne Forest, 19 years old August Forest, 42 years old Robert Forest, Clerk Benoist. Forest, 26 years old Julien Forest, and 2 other Forest majority of whom were laborer and others worked as merchant and clerk migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp, Liverpool & Queenstown, Southampton and Hamburg & Havre.
Forest Namesakes
- Antonia Forest,
- John William De Forest, American soldier and writer of realistic fiction
- Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest, English baronet and politician
- Frank Forest, American operatic tenor and actor
- Fred Forest, French new media artist making use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone
- Lee de Forest, American inventor
- Carpathian Forest, Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind
- Len Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, British Labour Party politician and trade union leader
- Deep Forest, musical group originally consisting of two French musicians
- Jean Forest, Canadian retired Senator
- Gérard La Forest, former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella
- Hate Forest, Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko
- Michael Forest, American actor
- Denis Forest, Canadian character actor
- Carmaig de Forest, singer-songwriter, mainly on the ukulele
- Roy De Forest, American painter, sculptor, and teacher
- Mickaël Forest, French rugby union footballer
- Robert E. De Forest, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
- Henry S. De Forest, U.S. Representative from New York
- The Lonely Forest, American indie rock band from Anacortes
Forest Namesakes
- Antonia Forest,
- John William De Forest, American soldier and writer of realistic fiction
- Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest, English baronet and politician
- Frank Forest, American operatic tenor and actor
- Fred Forest, French new media artist making use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone
- Lee de Forest, American inventor
- Carpathian Forest, Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind
- Len Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, British Labour Party politician and trade union leader
- Deep Forest, musical group originally consisting of two French musicians
- Jean Forest, Canadian retired Senator
- Gérard La Forest, former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella
- Hate Forest, Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko
- Michael Forest, American actor
- Denis Forest, Canadian character actor
- Carmaig de Forest, singer-songwriter, mainly on the ukulele
- Roy De Forest, American painter, sculptor, and teacher
- Mickaël Forest, French rugby union footballer
- Robert E. De Forest, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
- Henry S. De Forest, U.S. Representative from New York
- The Lonely Forest, American indie rock band from Anacortes