Surname Checker / Forbes
How Common Is the Last Name Forbes?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Forbes today
37,439
Ranked #1,028 of 162,254 published surnames · 11.46 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 33,813 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
70.42%
Black
22.51%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.79%
Hispanic
3.61%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.