Forge

See also: forge and forgé

English

Etymology

From Old French forge (“forge, furnace”), a surname for someone who lived near or worked in a forge or smithy.

Proper noun

Forge (plural Forges)

1. A surname from Old French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Forge is the 39052^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Forge is most common among White (56.74%) and Black/African American (40.07%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Forge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 590.

Anagrams

• go-fer, gofer