Forst Family History
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Forst
Name Distribution of Forst Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Forst families
 33 - 64  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Forst last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Forst census records
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Forst Family Origin
Forst Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Forst Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Forst census records
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Military Service by Forst
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