Forter Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Forter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Forter family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 31
Agricultural Labourer 6
Domestic Servant 5
Servant 5
Labourer 4
Lodging House Keeper 3
School Mistress 3
Coal Miner 2
Laundress 2
Labourer Agricultural 2
Surgeons Daughter 2
Annuitant 2
Collier 2
Groom 2
Hey Maker 2
Stone Miner 2
Tailor 2
Wife 2
Gardener 2
Weaver At Worsted Mill 2
Draper Apprentice 1
Assistant 1
Surgeon 1
Cook 1
Toll Contracter 1

Forter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Forter 100% 3,651
2 Frater 67% 2,969
3 Farter 83% 175

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The surname Forter is the most popular version of all its varients

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