Frequency: (262)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Swedish: ornamental name from fors ‘waterfall’ + -ell, a common suffix of Swedish surnames taken from the Latin adjectival ending -elius.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 6%. Erik, Sven.
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