Explore the Family Name Forgacs

The meaning of Forgacs

1. Hungarian (Forgács): nickname from forgács ‘splinter’. 2. Jewish (from Hungary; Forgács): adoption of the name in 1 above either as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used German-based surname, or because the Hungarian surname (or word) has some sounds in common with the original surname. Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Ferenc, Gabor, Sandor. Jewish Arie.

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

The surname Forgacs, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 68,973rd most common, but dropped to 75,564th in 2010, indicating a change of -9.56%. The total count of people with this surname also decreased from 266 to 255, representing a -4.14% change. Similarly, the proportion per 100,000 people had a decrease of 10%, moving from 0.1 to 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,973	#75,564	-9.56%
Count	266	255	-4.14%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Forgacs

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Forgacs surname identify as White, increasing from 93.61% in 2000 to 96.47% in 2010. Those identifying as having two or more races were present in 2000 at 1.88%, but this category showed no representation in the 2010 data. The Hispanic percentage reduced by 25.48%, going down from 2.63% in 2000 to 1.96% in 2010. There was no change for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories as they remained at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.61%	96.47%	3.06%
Hispanic	2.63%	1.96%	-25.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.88%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%