Forget is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Forget
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning:

Descendant of Fargeau, i.e., of iron, a variant of Ferreolus, bishop of Limoges in the sixth century; dweller, or worker, at the little forge.

How popular is Forget?

Forget is common in Canada, France, United States, Belgium, Mauritius, Thailand, Egypt.

Forget is ranked 27173 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Forgets plummeted by 1.48 per cent to 931 since 2000 and slipped by 1499 spots and ranked at 26243. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.81 96.51
Forget is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Canada which signifies its Canada provenence. Around 19789 people have been found who wears Forget as their family name. Forget is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Forget:
440 Canada10,712
Countries with thousands of Forget:
1,046 France6,209
25,757 United States1,316
Countries with hundreds of Forget:
4,687 Belgium395
817 Mauritius310
49,226 Thailand247
28,715 Egypt183
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
122,869 Indonesia68
56,162 South Africa64
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
31,533 Zimbabwe48
56,985 England45
143,912 Germany26
396,143 India23
38,365 Switzerland15
52,852 Tanzania13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
350,626 Brazil10
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
922 Cayman Islands8
124,818 Australia8
6,198 Luxembourg6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Charles Forget from France aboard the Cornelius Grinnell from London on April 30, 1852. He is registered to be 38 years old when he arrived in USA. Franz Forget (2), Theresa Forget, aged 33, Merchant Albert Forget, Marie Forget (35), A. Forget, aged 45, 12 years old U Forget, U Forget, Berthe Forget (18), and 3 other Forget around 85.71% of whom were agent migrated to US from London, Antwerp & Bordeaux and Havre & London.

Forget Namesakes

  • Michel Forget, Quebec actor
  • Guy Forget, French tennis administrator and retired professional tennis player
  • Maud Forget, French actress best known for her roles
  • Amédée E. Forget, Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and politician
  • Louis-Joseph Forget, Canadian businessman and politician
  • Claude Forget, Canadian economist and former politician
  • Rodolphe Forget, important Canadian business investor, stockbroker

Forget Namesakes

  • Michel Forget, Quebec actor
  • Guy Forget, French tennis administrator and retired professional tennis player
  • Maud Forget, French actress best known for her roles
  • Amédée E. Forget, Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and politician
  • Louis-Joseph Forget, Canadian businessman and politician
  • Claude Forget, Canadian economist and former politician
  • Rodolphe Forget, important Canadian business investor, stockbroker

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