Foresta
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Foresta.
Proper noun
Foresta (plural Forestas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Foresta is the 41959th 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
- a surname
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024