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Forst Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a
royal forest or an occupational name for someone who worked in one,
from Middle High German forst ‘forest’.Czech
(Foršt): from German (see 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Forst Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Forst families
 42 - 81  15 - 41 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Forst families
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33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Forst census records
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Forst Family Origin
Forst Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Forst
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Forst Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Forst census records
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Forst Civil War Service Records
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