The Forner surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 667 people carried this name — #32,488 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 439 people named Forner.
95 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Morbihan.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Forner 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Forner 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 Hainaut.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Forner.
- Formisano 417 · U.S. census
- Formosa 501 · U.S. census
- Fornara 102 · U.S. census
- Fornari 257 · U.S. census
- Fornaro 363 · U.S. census
- Fornelli 224 · U.S. census
- Forneris 167 · U.S. census
- Fornero 143 · U.S. census
- Fornes 589 · U.S. census
- Forni 588 · U.S. census
- Forray 117 · U.S. census
- Forret 183 · U.S. census
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