as a Last Name
- 37,153
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Forbes
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 944th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 37,153
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Forbes per capita
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