For

org · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

For is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country. Recorded meaning: more genealogy resources, visit <shopfamilytree.com>.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.4M(inferred from the name graph)
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 69Kas Por
  • USUnited States1 in 581Kas Poer

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than For itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Israel (measured from records)

3,772 named פאר, 2017

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
189 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.4M (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ForLatin(measured from records)
פארHebrew(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Foer in BR Brazil, ES Spain and Faer in IL Israel.

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)

more genealogy resources, visit <shopfamilytree.com>.

Sources 1

  • A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

For 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 For is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IL Israel3,772as פאר1 in 2.3K3.8KFaer12
BR Brazil736as Por1 in 288K736Foer2
FR France≈580 est.≈1 in 117K44—2
US United States573as Poer1 in 581K597For189
ES Spain427as Far1 in 117K427Foer24
HK Hong Kong≈110 est.≈1 in 69K—For14
SI Slovenia56as Por1 in 38K56—2
ZA South Africa≈42 est.≈1 in 1.4M—For12
UY Uruguay40as Far1 in 85K40——

3,772 people counted by CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"), 2017, counting the spelling פאר. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

For is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written För, F-Or

  • Portuguese name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, Peru, Puerto Rico

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Fôr, Fŏŗ, Fǒr, Főř, Fôŕ

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written För, Fôr

  • Malay name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Singapore

    Also written Fõŕ, Fôr, Fōr, Fõř, För

  • French name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, France, Tunisia, Belgium

    Also written Fóř, Fôr, Fõř, För, Ḟor

  • Spanish surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Ukraine, Russia, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Faur, Фор, Форь, Faure, FooR

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Tamir Forb. 1982ILIsraeli association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting For
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020350#61,890
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000127#124,872
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010120#139,228
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—105#61,079
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name For mean, and where does it come from?
more genealogy resources, visit <shopfamilytree.com>. Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India.
In which country does For have the most bearers?
In Israel, the national register counted about 3.8 thousand people named פאר, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name For?
In Israel, the national register counted 3,772 people named פאר in 2017, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.

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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, “For”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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