de Foster Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Qatar

de Foster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Foster Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Foster Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Foster Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Foster is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Foster? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name de Foster is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of de Foster reside; 57 percent reside in South America and 57 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Santa Catarina, where 75 percent reside, Paraná, where 13 percent reside and São Paulo, where 13 percent reside. Barring Brazil de Foster exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

de Foster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Foster has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Foyster950/
de Voster895/
de Fuster892/
di Foster891/
de Fauster841/
de Foote821/
de Vester7819/
de Fauste783/
de Vaster781/
de Vuster781/
de Fate756/
de Foti751/
de Vote751/
de Veuster74172/
de Fates718/
di Voste711/
da Fosta711/
de Fotis711/
da Foute711/
de Votee710/
de Votie710/
de Vastey6714/
de Fausti672/
de Fata6348/
de Voti6312/
de Fati635/
di Fate632/
de Fată631/
de Fatta599/
de Fatti593/
de Fatis593/
de Fatio591/
da Fati508/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Foster
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