Frequency: (366)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: from a diminutive of Forge, designating a blacksmith.
FOREBEARS: One family from Saintonge, France, had arrived in Varennes, Quebec, by 1681; another, from Poitiers, was in Boucherville by 1671; and a third, from Normandy, was in Quebec city by 1653.
GIVEN NAMES: French 25%. Pierre (4), Armand (3), Julien (3), Marcel (3), Cecile (2), Michel (2), Yvon (2), Adrien, Aime, Alphonse, Andre, Camille.
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