Fornwalt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fornwalt, a topographic surname for someone who lived in front of a wood.

Proper noun

Fornwalt (plural Fornwalts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fornwalt is the 41886^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 519 individuals. Fornwalt is most common among White (98.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fornwalt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591.