Forney is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Forney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name rather rare, most commonly in the form Fourney (70, 21). This is the equivalent of Fornet, Fournet, probable nickname of a baker (short for forn = oven).

How popular is Forney?

Forney is common in United States.

Forney is ranked 58738 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Forney bearers increased by 2.348485 per cent in 2010 US census to 6755 since 2000, the surname slipped by 286 spots and ranked at 5172. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.06 72.91
Black 24.28 23.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.8 1.48
Others 2.77 1.35
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.3
Forney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 7886 people have been found who wears Forney as their family name. Forney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,438 China5
11,480 Japan4
201,317 England2
4,104 South Korea2
42,479 Greece1
151,601 Spain1
28,365 Kenya1
62,864 New Zealand1
810,193 Indonesia1
56,169 Mexico1
279,271 Australia1
13,447 Uganda1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
66,560 Philippines1
36,678 Singapore1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,930 Canada36
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with hundreds of Forney:
5,798 Switzerland207
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Forney:
5,287 United States7,488
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Forney was 19 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on July 2, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as servant and took Richard Alsop from Liverpool. Margt. Forney (50) Maid, Bridget Forney, aged 20, Mary Forney, aged 22, Workman Mich. Forney, 20 years old Pat. Forney, Workman Michael Forney, Margaret Forney, are others that migrated to US.

Forney Namesakes

  • Ellen Forney, Cartoonist
  • William H. Forney, U.S. representative
  • Dave Forney, Electrical engineer
  • Ellen Forney, Cartoonist
  • Kynan Forney, Football player
  • Pascal Forney, Film producer
  • Peter Forney, U.S. representative
  • Melissa Forney, Author
  • Chris Forney, Tennis Player
  • John Weiss Forney, American Politician

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