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

Family Name / Last Name: Fornero
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Means the person who operated a furnace, usually a bread oven. It is a name that Piedmont common in the Alpes-Maritimes, like Forneri and Forneris variants (Latinized form).

How popular is Fornero?

Fornero is common in Italy.

Fornero is ranked 143819 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fornero bearers increased by 4.195804 per cent in 2010 US census to 149 since 2000, the surname slipped by 3310 spots and ranked at 116829. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.96 95.8
Hispanic or Latino 4.7 3.5
Fornero is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Argentina which may be its originating country too. Around 2657 people have been found who wears Fornero as their family name. Fornero is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
91,784 Netherlands2
2,401 Honduras2
118,441 Germany2
20,837 Venezuela2
26,532 Chile2
19,533 Uruguay1
174,544 Czech Republic1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
81,586 Spain17
120,934 Australia11
Countries with hundreds of Fornero:
111,017 United States198
60,164 Brazil159
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Fornero:
4,916 Argentina1,060
10,292 Italy1,053

Immigrants to US

From Italy

Angela Fornero worked as house maid and hailed from Italy. 48 years old embarked for Collinsville from Havre on La Bretagne and arrived on July 27, 1896. 25 years old Anna Fornero, 14 years old Battista Fornero, 49 years old Battista Fornero, 20 years old C. Fornero, 17 years old Carolina Fornero, 4 months old Cesare Fornero, Domenico Fornero, aged 27, Operative Francesco Fornero, and 15 other Fornero majority of whom were farmer and others worked as dyer and laborer migrated to US.

Fornero Namesakes

  • Aloÿs Fornerod, Composer
  • Constant Fornerod, Swiss Politician
  • Constant Fornerod, Swiss Politician
  • Elsa Fornero, Italian Politician

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