Surname Checker / Forrest
How Common Is the Last Name Forrest?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Forrest today
25,415
Ranked #1,569 of 162,254 published surnames · 7.78 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 22,954 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
73.39%
Black
20.34%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.64%
Hispanic
2.46%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.