Forsyth is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Forsyth
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Forsyth

How popular is Forsyth?

Forsyth is common in United States.

Forsyth is ranked 14333 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Forsyth bearers increased by 1.648021 per cent in 2010 US census to 8450 since 2000, the surname slipped by 269 spots and ranked at 4194. The last name was found in around 29 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.85 95.53
Hispanic or Latino 2.63 1.71
Others 1.35 1.09
Black 1.2 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 0.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.32
Forsyth is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 36835 people have been found who wears Forsyth as their family name. Forsyth is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
567,967 Indonesia6
64 Norfolk Island6
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
11,480 Japan4
14,054 China3
32,695 Nigeria3
108,034 Italy3
46,068 Philippines3
162 Cook Islands2
12,844 Pakistan2
993 Guernsey2
13,552 Qatar2
4,231 Jamaica2
1,472 The Bahamas2
3,014 Taiwan2
12,741 Ecuador1
14,618 Guyana1
34,581 Chile1
8,181 Botswana1
1,704,541 India1
120,357 Argentina1
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,190 Barbados1
169,904 Brazil1
4,249 Cambodia1
123,175 Tanzania1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
25,721 Egypt1
3,993 El Salvador1
47,891 Norway1
12,745 Luxembourg1
9,591 Panama1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
4,171 Rwanda1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
11,510 Oman1
28,365 Kenya1
1,179 Swaziland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
13,447 Uganda1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
20,172 Hungary1
6,149 Ethiopia1
2,724 New Caledonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
57,220 Netherlands27
838 Guam24
23,914 Denmark20
7,162 Thailand15
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
231 Grenada82
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
39,793 Spain54
5,773 Singapore53
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Forsyth:
11,880 Mexico366
1,679 Ireland311
1,412 Wales282
38,477 Germany269
7,953 Peru256
6,413 Venezuela251
61,459 France159
11,447 Malaysia152
1,763 Northern Ireland143
7,185 Sweden131
9,314 Switzerland126
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Forsyth:
1,124 England6,835
1,116 Canada4,498
173 Scotland4,010
784 Australia3,899
2,358 South Africa2,758
529 New Zealand1,238
Countries with ten thousands of Forsyth:
3,786 United States10,542
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Rose Forsyth worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Sheridan and arrived on May 7, 1846. 30 years old Thomas Forsyth, Margaret Forsyth, aged 50, Sarah Forsyth, aged 30, Andrew Forsyth, aged 30, Thomas Forsyth, aged 50, Thomasjr. Forsyth (18) Immigrant, 12 years old Mary Forsyth, Workman John Forsyth, and 65 other Forsyth around 51.43% of whom were workman while others worked as wright and dressmaker, farmer, thread maker migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Glasgow.

Forsyth Namesakes

  • Abe Forsythe, Film actor
  • Alasdair Forsyth, Author
  • Alastair Forsyth, Golfer
  • Henderson Forsythe, Actor
  • Amanda Forsythe, Opera Singer
  • Amanda Forsyth, Cellist
  • John Forsyth, Former Governor of Georgia
  • Bruce Forsyth, Television presenter
  • Bruce Forsyth, Television presenter
  • Guy Forsyth, Singer

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