How rare is the last name Forsythe?

11,239 people in the United States have the last name Forsythe, about 1 in 26,595. It ranks #3,123 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

FORSYTHE

#3,123

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,239
About
1 in 26,595
This common or more
53%
Who bears it

Of the 11,239 people with the last name Forsythe, 86.7% reported their origin as White, 4.8% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Forsythe

2 other last names also have 11,239 people.

#3,123 Bowie · 11,239#3,123 Muir · 11,239

Either side of Forsythe

#3,122 Mcmillian · 11,256#3,123 Bowie · 11,239#3,123 Muir · 11,239#3,126 Harlow · 11,238

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,154 Forsyth · 8,265#27,730 Forseth · 920#84,231 Forste · 240#96,572 Forstie · 202

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