Forest Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Forest Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Forest family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 247
General Labourer 27
Cotton Weaver 24
Coal Miner 15
Dress Maker 14
Domestic Servant 13
Labourer 13
General Servant 12
Agricultural Labourer 11
Blacksmith 11
Living On Own Means 10
Tailor 9
General Servant Domestic 9
Clerk 8
Laundress 7
Living On Her Own Means 6
Farmer 6
Servant Domestic 5
Farm Servant 5
House Keeper 5
Baker 5
Barman 5
Cotton Winder 5
Cook 4
Hawker 4

Forest Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Frost 67% 115,457
2 Forrest 86% 25,976
3 Forest 100% 7,663
4 Forst 83% 1,771
5 Fairest 71% 848
6 Frist 67% 622
7 First 67% 519
8 Frast 67% 357
9 Frest 83% 350
10 Forrist 71% 197
11 Furst 67% 145
12 Forset 67% 109

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The surname Forest is the 3rd most popular variant of Frost.

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