Foret Family History
Foret Name Meaning
French (Forêt): from Old French forest ‘forest’, a
topographic name for someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or
an occupational name for a keeper or worker in one. See also
Forrest. This surname is frequent in LA.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Foret Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Foret families
 64 - 126  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Foret families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Foret Family Origin
Foret Immigration Information
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Foret Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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