How rare is the last name Forster?

8,627 people in the United States have the last name Forster, about 1 in 34,647. It ranks #3,993 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FORSTER

#3,993

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,627
About
1 in 34,647
This common or more
55.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,627 people with the last name Forster, 87.8% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as Black and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Forster

#3,990 Merrell · 8,631#3,992 Lawless · 8,628#3,994 Aguiar · 8,626#3,994 Jara · 8,626

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Forster, most common first.

#2,668 Forrester · 13,209#6,865 Forester · 4,717#11,914 Foerster · 2,511#13,429 Forst · 2,168#39,536 Forstner · 600#52,802 Forestier · 424#53,758 Forston · 415#54,978 Forrister · 404

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