How Many People Have the Last Name Forrest?
people had the surname Forrest in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 12,853 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
+830 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Forrest (73.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 20.3%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Forrest ranks #1,165. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76% to 73.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Forrest grew from 22,124 people in 2000 to 22,954 in 2010 (up 3.8%), and its rank fell from #1,474 to #1,569. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 8.2 to 7.78 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 22,124 | 22,954 |
| Rank | #1,474 | #1,569 |
| Per 100,000 people | 8.2 | 7.78 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Forrest
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Forrest: F623
👤 Forrest as a First Name
Forrest is a first name too: about 31,133 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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