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The Forget surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 931 people carried this name — #26,243 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 945 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,710 people named Forget.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Loire-Atlantique 296
Paris 229
Manche 165
Vienne 142
Orne 124
Maine-et-Loire 120
Ardennes 111
Ille-et-Vilaine 97

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 159 people named Forget 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 Luxembourg Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 95
Liège 19
Namur 18
Hainaut 15
Brussels-Capital 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Forget live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Geneva 10

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.

Who carried it

People named Forget,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amédée E. Forget
    Amédée E. Forget 1847–1923 · politician
  • Jacques Forget
    Jacques Forget 1852–1933 · translator
  • Louis-Joseph Forget
    Louis-Joseph Forget 1853–1911 · banker
  • Rodolphe Forget
    Rodolphe Forget 1861–1919 · businessperson
  • Pierre Forget d. 1334 · Trésorier de France
  • François Alexandre de Forget 1787–1836 · official

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Forget.

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