Fourcade is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fourcade
No. of characters: 8
Origin: France
Meaning:

The is a variant form of Forget. Descendant of Fargeau, i.e., of iron, a variant of Ferreolus, bishop of Limoges in the sixth century; dweller, or worker, at the little forge.

How popular is Fourcade?

Fourcade is common in France, Argentina, United States, Uruguay, Mexico.

Fourcade is ranked 55911 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fourcades plummeted by 6.17 per cent to 152 since 2000 and slipped by 12343 spots and ranked at 115034. The last name was found in merely 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.76 95.06
Hispanic or Latino 5.26 4.32
Fourcade is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 9081 person has been found who wears Fourcade as their family name. Fourcade is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fourcade:
834 France7,281
Countries with hundreds of Fourcade:
4,225 Argentina855
94,271 United States267
1,706 Uruguay228
12,199 Mexico142
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,209 Chile91
30,300 Spain68
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,788 England21
3,086 French Polynesia18
13,856 Singapore17
36,405 Switzerland16
169,836 Canada12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
394,810 Russia10
375,391 Brazil9
340,600 Germany6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Joseph Fourcade from France aboard the Bordeaux from Antwerp, Bordeaux & Havre. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in USA on April 24, 1883. Marie Fourcade (23) Laborer, Marie Fourcade (19) Chamber maid, Jeanne Fourcade (22) Chamber maid, Jean Fourcade, aged 24, Jean Fourcade (29) Laborer, Miiss.S. Fourcade, Catherina Fourcade, aged 50, William Fourcade (60) Glazier, Henre Fourcade, aged 48, and 5 other Fourcade around 40% of whom were laborer while others worked as chamber maid and cook migrated to US from Antwerp & Bordeaux, Havre, Havre & London and Brest & Havre.

Fourcade Namesakes

  • Émile Fourcade,
  • Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer and the business and life partner of Robert Denning
  • Xavier Fourcade, French American contemporary art dealer and proprietor of the Xavier Fourcade Gallery
  • Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, leader of the French Resistance network "Alliance"
  • Henry Georges Fourcade, surveyor, forester
  • John Fourcade, John Charles Fourcade, Jr

Fourcade Namesakes

  • Émile Fourcade,
  • Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer and the business and life partner of Robert Denning
  • Xavier Fourcade, French American contemporary art dealer and proprietor of the Xavier Fourcade Gallery
  • Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, leader of the French Resistance network "Alliance"
  • Henry Georges Fourcade, surveyor, forester
  • John Fourcade, John Charles Fourcade, Jr

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