Favresse Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Favresse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Favresse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5001:132,84520,312
Belgium2051:56,0819,087
England51:11,143,612252,590
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Favresse Last Name Facts

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

The surname Favresse is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Favresse? popularity and diffusion

The last name Favresse is the 469,321st most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,178,137 people. Favresse is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Favresse live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 132,845. In France it is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 26 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 26 percent are found and Normandy, where 25 percent are found. Barring France this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 29 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fabresse88449/
Favreess881/
Favres861/
Fabrese805/
Faivres802/
Favries801/
Fabresis7516/
Fabressi7515/
Fabrisse751/
Fabres713,353/
Favris71265/
Favrez7135/
Favrais67103/
Favrios675/
Fabrise675/
Fabreis672/
Fabreas671/
Fawrees671/
Fovriss671/
Faubres671/
Fabrece671/

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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
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  • 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 Favresse
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