The Forehand surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,779 people carried this name — #8,690 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,653 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Forehand in American newspapers,
1900–1920.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Forehand
The Montgomery Advertiser 1920-08-01
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Forehand
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1918-05-31
Newspaper page from The Worcester Spy carrying the name Forehand
The Worcester Spy 1900-07-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Forehand in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1970s.

726 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Forehand. The most, 471, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 265
New South Wales 212
Victoria 105
South Australia 56
Western Australia 53
Tasmania 22
ACT (Canberra) 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Forehand.

Who carried it

People named Forehand,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jennie M. Forehand 1935–2023 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Forehand,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States189 records

189 records of the Forehand name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 29
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles C. Forehand

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1940 at Nashville; bookkeeper. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Spring Hill Funeral Hm and Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Forehand

    Born 1945; from Orlando, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Elisha Edward Forehand

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1977; buried at Parker's U M C Cemetery, Corapeake, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 189 records for Forehand in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Forehand.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Forehand 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.

See the Forehand volume
Scroll to Top