Fourché

surname · Latin script

Fourché is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: past participle of fourcher.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 249K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 71M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈270 people, est.

Sources
107 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 249K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

past participle of fourcher

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fourché counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fourché is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈270 est.≈1 in 249K31Fourché107
US United States≈5 est.≈1 in 71Mlisted—3
GB United Kingdom——listed——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fourché is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Fourche

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Fourché is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Alternative form of fourche (“forked”).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Fourché under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fourché mean, and where does it come from?
past participle of fourcher Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Fourché have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 273 people named Fourché in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fourché.
How common is the name Fourché?
Mondonomo estimates about 270 people in France have Fourché as their first surname, about 1 in 249 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fourché”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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