Forêst is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Forêst
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

From residence in one. Forest is, however, the specific name of place in counties Durham, Brecon, etc.

Of the forest.

Dweller at, or in, a large wood or forest.

Forest is a form of Laforey. La Forêt-Forest. John Laforey, only son and heir of Louis Laforey, and nephew of the Marquis de la Forêt of the province King of William Poitou came into England with king William III and was made governor of Pendennis Castle, county of Cornwall. His son was created a baronet.

How popular is Forêst?

Forêst is common in France, United States, Canada, England, Australia, Brazil, Haiti, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Thailand, Jamaica, New Caledonia.

Forêst is ranked 21639 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Forest bearers increased by 1.4 per cent in 2010 US census to 5076 since 2000, the surname slipped by 391 spots and ranked at 6661. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.76 69.1
Black 28.23 26.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.7 1.56
Others 2.11 1.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.93 0.74
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.44
Forest is quite popular family name mostly used in France however New Caledonia lie ahead in terms of density. Around 25170 people have been found who wears Forest as their family name. Forest is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Forêst:
646 France8,951
6,220 United States7,022
876 Canada6,087
Countries with hundreds of Forêst:
13,933 England386
9,494 Australia330
24,054 Brazil329
2,603 Haiti265
35,408 Italy226
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
32,091 Iran136
95,829 Thailand126
1,966 Jamaica119
293 New Caledonia109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,730 Belgium89
27,603 Spain80
90,195 Germany54
1,408 China53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,748 Singapore43
9,432 Dominican Republic39
291,059 India39
6,194 Ireland37
8,935 Ethiopia36
15,994 New Zealand34
11,599 Colombia27
26,446 Switzerland24
58,330 Netherlands22
179,591 Nigeria21
292,931 Indonesia19
6,584 Panama15
15,763 Scotland15
145,016 Argentina11
3,581 Hong Kong11
102,971 Malaysia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
48,153 Egypt9
11,581 Ghana9
18,086 Wales9
47,042 Japan8
77,733 Pakistan8
101,897 Papua New Guinea8
3,798 El Salvador7
29,369 Liberia6
18,437 Solomon Islands6
1,433 South Korea6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Julien Forest from France aboard the Hemisphere from Havre. He is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in USA on June 7, 1856. Louis Forest (29), 26 years old Filicite Forest, Pierre Forest, aged 26, 35 years old Jeanne Forest, 19 years old August Forest, 42 years old Robert Forest, Clerk Benoist. Forest, 26 years old Julien Forest, and 2 other Forest majority of whom were laborer and others worked as merchant and clerk migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp, Liverpool & Queenstown, Southampton and Hamburg & Havre.

Forêst Namesakes

  • Antonia Forest,
  • John William De Forest, American soldier and writer of realistic fiction
  • Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest, English baronet and politician
  • Frank Forest, American operatic tenor and actor
  • Fred Forest, French new media artist making use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone
  • Lee de Forest, American inventor
  • Carpathian Forest, Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind
  • Len Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, British Labour Party politician and trade union leader
  • Deep Forest, musical group originally consisting of two French musicians
  • Jean Forest, Canadian retired Senator
  • Gérard La Forest, former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella
  • Hate Forest, Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko
  • Michael Forest, American actor
  • Denis Forest, Canadian character actor
  • Carmaig de Forest, singer-songwriter, mainly on the ukulele
  • Roy De Forest, American painter, sculptor, and teacher
  • Mickaël Forest, French rugby union footballer
  • Robert E. De Forest, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Henry S. De Forest, U.S. Representative from New York
  • The Lonely Forest, American indie rock band from Anacortes

Forêst Namesakes

  • Antonia Forest,
  • John William De Forest, American soldier and writer of realistic fiction
  • Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest, English baronet and politician
  • Frank Forest, American operatic tenor and actor
  • Fred Forest, French new media artist making use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone
  • Lee de Forest, American inventor
  • Carpathian Forest, Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind
  • Len Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, British Labour Party politician and trade union leader
  • Deep Forest, musical group originally consisting of two French musicians
  • Jean Forest, Canadian retired Senator
  • Gérard La Forest, former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella
  • Hate Forest, Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko
  • Michael Forest, American actor
  • Denis Forest, Canadian character actor
  • Carmaig de Forest, singer-songwriter, mainly on the ukulele
  • Roy De Forest, American painter, sculptor, and teacher
  • Mickaël Forest, French rugby union footballer
  • Robert E. De Forest, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Henry S. De Forest, U.S. Representative from New York
  • The Lonely Forest, American indie rock band from Anacortes

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