The Forestieri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 186 people carried this name — #97,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 183 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 250 people named Forestieri live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Forestieri.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Var.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Forestieri live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Forestieri in American newspapers,
1891.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,912 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Forestieri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Liane Forestieri 1975– · actor
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Biagio Forestieri 1978– · actor
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Fernando Forestieri 1990– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Forestieri.
- Force 4,108 · U.S. census
- Ford 184,832 · U.S. census
- Fore 5,927 · U.S. census
- Fores 198 · U.S. census
- Forest 5,076 · U.S. census
- Forestier 431 · U.S. census
- Foret 2,881 · U.S. census
- Forey 228 · U.S. census
- Forgas 184 · U.S. census
- Forge 564 · U.S. census
- Forges 196 · U.S. census
- Forget 931 · U.S. census
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