Forbers
surname · Latin script
Forbers is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George Forbesb. 1869NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand politician (1869-1947)
- William Cameron Forbesb. 1870USnot in their usual nameAmerican diplomat (1870-1959)
- Mary Forbesb. 1879GBnot in their usual nameBritish-American actress (1883–1974)
- Malcolm Forbesb. 1919USnot in their usual nameAmerican publisher (1919–1990)
- Bryan Forbesb. 1926GBnot in their usual nameEnglish film director, screenwriter and actor (1926–2013)
- Steve Forbesb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican businessman and publisher
- Michelle Forbesb. 1965USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Maya Forbesb. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican screenwriter and director
- Gary Forbesb. 1985PAnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player
- Bryn Forbesb. 1993USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1993)
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 2 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #24,189 |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia surname tokens
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
- In which country does Forbers have the most bearers?
- Forbers is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/forbersThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Forbers”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.