The Fore surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,927 people carried this name — #5,835 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,840 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fore surname
From the German surname, Americanized from Fahr, from the noun Fähre (“ferry”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fore» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 142 people named Fore live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 119 people named Fore.
Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Somme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Fore in American newspapers,
1882–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,652,335 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fore,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henrietta H. Fore 1948– · diplomat
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Khwan Fore 1995– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fore.
- Foos 2,209 · U.S. census
- Forand 612 · U.S. census
- Foray 157 · U.S. census
- Forcade 135 · U.S. census
- Force 4,108 · U.S. census
- Ford 184,832 · U.S. census
- Fores 198 · U.S. census
- Forest 5,076 · U.S. census
- Forestier 431 · U.S. census
- Forestieri 186 · U.S. census
- Foret 2,881 · U.S. census
- Forey 228 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Fore is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.