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Forbes

in Tennessee

There are 515 people with the last name "Forbes" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

NameRank
Forbes 1,471
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  1. is 1,467th most common Simon
  2. is 1,468th most common Randall
  3. is 1,469th most common Sweet
  4. is 1,470th most common Adair
  5. is 1,471st most common Forbes
  6. is 1,472nd most common Sanderson
  7. is 1,473rd most common Heatherly
  8. is 1,474th most common Lance
  9. is 1,475th most common Goddard

Similar Names and Nicknames

Forbis, Forbus, Forbush, Furbush, Forbess, Forbeck, Forberg, Forbing, Forby, Forbord

Most Common First Names for Forbes

James, Robert, David, William, Scott, John, Mary, Charles, Joseph, Karen

Meaning & History

Scottish: habitational name from a place near Aberdeen, so named from Gaelic forba ‘field’, ‘district’ + the locative suffix -ais. The place name is pronounced in two syllables, with the stress on the second, and the surname until recently reflected this. Today, however, it is generally a monosyllable.

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Firbhisigh ‘son of Fearbhisigh ’, a personal name composed of Celtic elements meaning ‘man’ + ‘prosperity’. A family of this name in Connacht was famous for its traditional historians, compilers of the Book of Lecan.

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James Forbes, TN (9 searches)
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