Fors is used as a family name or surname in France, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fors
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France, England
Meaning:

Fors is the variant of Posey. One who came from Poce, in France; dweller near a post by the enclosure.

Surname Fors is the variation of Forsberg. Waterfall mountain.

How popular is Fors?

Fors is common in Sweden, United States, Russia, Finland, Cuba, Spain, Canada, Norway, Turkey.

Fors is ranked 63167 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fors bearers increased by 3.11 per cent in 2010 US census to 894 since 2000, the surname slipped by 612 spots and ranked at 27081. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.16 93.43
Hispanic or Latino 7.05 4.73
Others 0.89 0.92
Black 0.56 0.81
Fors is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sweden which signifies its Sweden provenence. Around 7938 people have been found who wears Fors as their family name. Fors is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fors:
208 Sweden4,397
25,327 United States1,345
Countries with hundreds of Fors:
34,263 Russia419
1,971 Finland417
1,638 Cuba349
13,450 Spain240
22,811 Canada154
5,231 Norway139
32,065 Turkey131
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
31,360 Belarus35
42,435 Kazakhstan29
9,235 Estonia27
145,081 Ukraine26
14,824 Dominican Republic23
89,093 England23
98,816 Poland19
75,721 Australia18
375,884 Thailand13
259,941 France13
30,183 Denmark12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
43,480 Mexico10
5,350 Tajikistan9
8,246 Tunisia9
70,786 Austria9
92,692 Belgium8
283,807 Germany8
486,533 Brazil6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Amalia Fors hailed from Germany. 5 years old embarked for United States from Havre on Irene and arrived on December 29, 1854. Anton Fors (2), Elisabeth Fors (32), Walburga Fors, Farmer Alof. Fors, Franz Fors, Rachel Fors (Of unknown age), Rachel-S. Fors, aged 48, Catherine Fors (32), and 10 other Fors around 90% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Havre, Liverpool, Bremen, Liverpool & Queenstown and Antwerp.

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