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The Forni surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 589 people carried this name — #37,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (588).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Forni surname

From the plural form of forno (“oven”), a metonymic occupational surname for a baker.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Forni» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,088 people named Forni 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 Santa Fe.

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Where they live today

Santa Fe 433
Buenos Aires Province 300
Entre Ríos 95
City of Buenos Aires 94
Córdoba 68
Mendoza 63
Misiones 24
Neuquén 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

244 people named Forni live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 165
Graubünden 19
Vaud 11
Geneva 11
Zurich 10
Valais 6
Schwyz 5
Bern 5

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 193 people named Forni.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Corsica 36
Paris 30
Bouches-du-Rhône 20
Marne 11
Haute-Saône 8
Territoire de Belfort 6
Alpes-Maritimes 5
Lot-et-Garonne 5

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

Who carried it

People named Forni,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luigi Forni
    Luigi Forni 1770–1840 · physician
  • Girolamo Forni 1540–1610 · architect
  • Luigi Forni 1666–1755 · Catholic priest
  • Károly Forni 1728–1801 · Catholic priest
  • Girolamo Forni 1781–1859 · pharmacist
  • Luigi Forni 1806–1877 · military personnel

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

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