Explore the Family Name Foerst

The meaning of Foerst

German (Först): shortened form of Förster or Förstner (see Forster 3). Compare Forst. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Dieter, Klaus.

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How common is the last name Foerst in the United States?

According to the data sourced from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Foerst saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked at 63,812 and by 2010, it had slipped to 64,388, indicating a -0.9% change. However, the frequency of the name saw a small increase during this time period. There were 292 instances of the Foerst surname per 100,000 people in 2000, which increased by 5.82% to 309 by 2010. Despite this rise in count, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people decreased by 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,812	#64,388	-0.9%
Count	292	309	5.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Foerst

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides information about the ethnic identity associated with the surname Foerst. It shows that the majority of the people with the Foerst surname are White, although there was a slight decrease of 4.5% in this ethnic group between 2000 and 2010. Individuals identifying as Hispanic showed an increase of 73.66% during the same time period. Interestingly, in 2010, 2.59% of people with this surname identified as belonging to two or more races, a category that was not represented in the 2000 census data. The categories Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native had no representation under the Foerst surname in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.26%	92.88%	-4.5%
Hispanic	2.05%	3.56%	73.66%
Two or More Races	0%	2.59%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%