Foresta is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Foresta
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Foresta

How popular is Foresta?

Foresta is common in Italy.

Foresta is ranked 121315 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Forestas grew by 6.365503 per cent to 518 since 2000 and ranked 41959 after elevating 36 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.02 95.69
Hispanic or Latino 1.93 2.05
Black 1.74 1.23
Others 1.16 0
Foresta is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Italy which may be its originating country too. Around 3299 people have been found who wears Foresta as their family name. Foresta is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,053 Senegal5
118,441 Germany2
65,594 Belgium2
50,640 Switzerland2
123,175 Tanzania1
897,276 Russia1
24,771 Colombia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
279,271 Australia1
29,774 Venezuela1
492,292 Ukraine1
36,814 Romania1
289,511 England1
56,169 Mexico1
25,746 Finland1
3,586 Honduras1
42,479 Greece1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
65,779 Canada44
193,368 Indonesia35
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
Countries with hundreds of Foresta:
41,339 United States669
26,800 Argentina194
66,174 France147
Countries with thousands of Foresta:
5,036 Italy2,094
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer A. Foresta from New York, Italy aboard the Bolivia from Naples. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in New York on November 15, 1892. 52 years old Antonio Foresta, Farmer Carmine Foresta, Giacinto Foresta, aged 51, 47 years old Giuseppe Foresta, Country man Maria Conc. Foresta, Maria-Merce Foresta, aged 28, Laborer Michele Foresta, Paolo Foresta (31) Laborer, and 1 other Foresta around 41.67% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and country man migrated to US from Naples & Palermo, Genoa, Jersey and Gibraltar & Naples.

Foresta Namesakes

  • Bertin Forestal, Olympic athlete
  • Carmine Foresta, Film actor
  • Merry Foresta, Author
  • Michela Foresta, Actress
  • Micheline Forestal, Musical Artist
  • Michela Foresta, Actress

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