Forester is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Forester
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Forester

How popular is Forester?

Forester is common in United States.

Forester is ranked 53766 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Forester bearers increased by 6.467977 per cent in 2010 US census to 5037 since 2000, the surname slipped by 96 spots and ranked at 6704. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.06 90.28
Black 4.69 5.12
Hispanic or Latino 3.51 2.18
Others 1.85 1.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.27
Forester is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 8764 people have been found who wears Forester as their family name. Forester is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
746,494 India7
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
4,384 Northern Ireland3
46,068 Philippines3
16,136 Kenya3
31,767 Greece2
28,083 Romania2
44,018 Poland2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
6,353 Panama2
34,681 Norway2
40,256 Mexico2
26,123 Malaysia2
139,444 Brazil2
34,572 Israel2
50,549 Georgia1
1,970 Grenada1
2,190 Barbados1
17,768 Pakistan1
37,493 Austria1
120,357 Argentina1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,292 Vietnam1
16,228 Bulgaria1
10,683 Cyprus1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
16,073 Latvia1
2,309 Monaco1
20,172 Hungary1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
7,895 South Korea1
1,179 Swaziland1
17,236 Ghana1
5,553 Taiwan1
13,447 Uganda1
2,715 Gabon1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
6,149 Ethiopia1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,939 Costa Rica45
13,429 New Zealand45
12,692 Scotland33
8,504 Ireland33
36,547 Switzerland27
242,284 Indonesia26
3,544 Guyana24
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
104,308 France86
60,353 Ukraine79
78,184 Italy67
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Forester:
10,018 England640
7,658 Canada542
10,208 Australia273
60,991 Russia222
50,182 Germany202
31,070 Turkey140
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Forester:
6,518 United States5,929
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Michal Forester from Ireland aboard the Atlas from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 70 years old when he arrived in USA on May 11, 1846. Immigrant Eliza Forester, 27 years old William Forester, 5 years old William Forester, 22 years old Ellen Forester, Catherine Forester, 31 years old Robert Forester, are others that migrated to US.

Forester Namesakes

  • Nicole Forester, Actress
  • George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester, Politician
  • C. S. Forester, Novelist
  • Nicole Forester, Actress
  • John Forester, Bicycler
  • Brooks Forester, Actor
  • Victoria Forester, Author
  • Thomas Forester, Trader
  • Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Executive
  • Bill Forester, Football player

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