The Forge surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 564 people carried this name — #39,052 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 574 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Forge surname
From Old French forge (“forge, furnace”), a surname for someone who lived near or worked in a forge or smithy.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Forge» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 501 people named Forge.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Forge.
- 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
- Forgas 184 · U.S. census
- Forges 196 · U.S. census
- Forget 931 · U.S. census
- Forgit 145 · U.S. census
- Forgue 702 · U.S. census
- Forgues 351 · U.S. census
- Forler 214 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Forge is.
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