Foading Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Foading Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foading Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2051:101,31311,968
France61:11,070,454349,096
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Foading (21) may also be a first name.

Foading Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foading has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foading? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foading is the 1,108,016th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Foading are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Foading is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 21 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 101,313. In Cameroon Foading is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 37 percent live, Centre Region, where 36 percent live and West Region, where 23 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Foading exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent live and Togo, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foadieng9367/
Fouading931/
Foadin923/
Fouadieng881/
Fouadin866/
Foaddin861/
Foadind861/
Foadien861/
Foadeng861/
Foaden7756/
Fouaden715/
Phaeoding634/
Vohauddin631/
Voaden62302/
Foadem6211/
Phouaydeng591/
Phojodin531/
Võhhodin531/

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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 Foading
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