Foresta

See also: foresta, forestå, and förestå

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Foresta.

Proper noun

Foresta (plural Forestas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Foresta is the 41959^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 518 individuals. Foresta is most common among White (94.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Foresta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 589.

Italian

Etymology

A toponymic surname for someone who lived by a forest, from foresta (“forest”).

Proper noun

Foresta m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024