Foersterling

surname · Latin script

Foersterling is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 194K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 263K
  • USUnited States≈1 in 3.7M

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 Foersterling 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈430 named Försterling, est.

Sources
66 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 194K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Forsterling in AU Australia, ES Spain, NG Nigeria and 1 more and Försterling in DE Germany.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Foersterling 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 Foersterling is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈430 est.≈1 in 188K—Försterling41
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈390 est.≈1 in 263K—Foersterling1
US United States≈90 est.≈1 in 3.7MlistedFoersterling66
NG Nigeria≈54 est.≈1 in 3.9M—Forsterling1
SG Singapore≈32 est.≈1 in 194K—Foersterling1
AU Australia≈19 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Forsterling23
ES Spain13as Forsterling1 in 3.8M13Forsterling4
NZ New Zealand≈4 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Forsterling1

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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)

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

  • Danish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark

    Also written Førsterling

11 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Foersterling
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

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

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Foersterling have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 426 people named Försterling in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Foersterling?
In Spain, the national register counted 13 people named Forsterling, about 1 in 3.8 million 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, “Foersterling”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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