Forni

See also: forni, forní, and fornì

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Forni.

Proper noun

Forni (plural Fornis)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Forni is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Forni is most common among White (92.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Forni”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591.

Italian

Etymology

From the plural form of forno (“oven”), a metonymic occupational surname for a baker.

Proper noun

Forni m or f by sense

1. a surname