Where does FORKER rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
FORKER is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with
more than 100 occurrences in United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census.
In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames on Census 2000", the Census Bureau
tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security
Numbers by the year 2000.
FORKER ranks # 26016 in terms of the most common surnames in the
United States for the year 2000.
FORKER had 886 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according to the
united States government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, FORKER
would occur an average of 0.33 times.
Race / Ethnic Origin
The race categories shown in these files are the modified race categories
used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were
categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:
White only, "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian
and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
NOTE: Fields suppressed for confidentiality are assigned
the value "Insignificant"
The presentation of data on this site focuses on summarized aggregates
of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and, as such, do
not in any way identify any specific individuals.
The preceeding information was edited from the original. All data is derived from
David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008).
"Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau.
FORKER - Last Name Origins and Meaning
Last name origins & meanings:
Scottish: variant of Farquhar.
German: variant of Volker.
Farquhar
Last name origin & meaning:
Scottish (Aberdeenshire): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhearchair
‘son of Fearchar’, a personal name composed of the elements fear 'man'
(+) car 'loving', 'beloved'.
Volker
Last name origin & meaning:
German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements
folk ‘people’ + her ‘army’.
Last name: Forker
This interesting and unusual name is of Irish and Scottish origin and
is the modern Irish form of the Old Gaelic personal name "Fearchar". The
derivation is from the Old Celtic elements meaning "man" and "dear" or
"beloved". In the modern idiom, the variants include "Farguar, Faraker,
Farragher, Farguhar and Forker". In its present form it is almost exclusively
found in Counties Mayo and Galway, & in the form Fraher in South Munster.
As a clan or sept in Scotland they are descended from the Laird of Macintosh
who came from Braemar circa 1382. One Ann Faragher the daughter of James
Faragher and Biddy Moran was christened on 13th of May 1864 at Castlebar,
Co. Mayo, Ireland. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown
to be that of Andro Farchare, "Burgess of Are", which was dated 1450, in
Ayreshire, Scotland, during the reign of King James II of Scotland, 1437 - 1460.
Surnames became necessary when governments started personal taxation.
In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames
in every country have continued to develop often leading to astonishing
variants of the original spelling.
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