The Forster surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 9,033 people carried this name — #3,615 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,956 people named Forster live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 417 people named Forster.
105 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
169 people named Forster have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 329 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Forster 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 Liège.
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 Forster.
- 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
- Forst 2,195 · U.S. census
- Fort 7,900 · U.S. census
- Forte 11,387 · U.S. census
- Fortes 1,486 · U.S. census
- Forti 753 · U.S. census
- Fortier 7,543 · U.S. census
- Fortin 8,379 · U.S. census
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