How Many People Have the Last Name Forest?
people had the surname Forest in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 58,140 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+70 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Forest (65.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 28.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Forest ranks #5,131. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 69.1% to 65.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Forest grew from 5,006 people in 2000 to 5,076 in 2010 (up 1.4%), and its rank fell from #6,270 to #6,661. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 1.86 to 1.72 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 5,006 | 5,076 |
| Rank | #6,270 | #6,661 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.86 | 1.72 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Forest
| Rank | Surname | People in 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| #6,658 | Beauregard | 5,078 |
| #6,658 | Frazee | 5,078 |
| #6,658 | Standridge | 5,078 |
| #6,661 | Forest | 5,076 |
| #6,662 | Dore | 5,075 |
| #6,663 | Vanbuskirk | 5,073 |
| #6,664 | Donner | 5,068 |
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Forest: F623
👤 Forest as a First Name
Forest is a first name too: about 9,413 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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