Fornes

See also: fornes

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Catalan Fornés, a respelling of Forners.
• Borrowed from Norwegian Fornes, a habitational surname composed of the elements fura (“pine”) or for (“foremost”) and nes (“headland”).

Proper noun

Fornes (plural Forneses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fornes is the 38948^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 566 individuals. Fornes is most common among White (65.37%) and Hispanic/Latino (31.8%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fornes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591.