Foai Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Foai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Solomon Islands181:32,2246,317

Foai (15) may also be a first name.

Foai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foai? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Foai live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Foai is also the 2,900,335th most common forename throughout the world, held by 15 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 95 percent reside and Gulf, where 5 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Foai occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 47 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foaie8982/
Foaid8956/
Fooai8918/
Fouai893/
Fohai892/
Foa861,095/
Fotaji806/
Fotayi801/
Fouaji801/
Fouaih801/
Foad7514,707/
Foua756,669/
Voai752,332/
Fahi751,551/
Foat75992/
Foaa75280/
Foei75151/
Faoa75135/
Foah7567/
Foha7565/
Fooi7532/
Faui7525/
Fooa7525/
Foea7513/
Fa'i7510/
Foae758/
Fohi757/
Foaz757/
Foui756/
Fați754/
Vfoa753/
Foas752/
Foau752/
Faoi752/
Fuoa752/
Fuoi751/
Pfoa751/
Faei751/
Foay750/
Fothayi731/
Foutaie730/
Fouad67291,984/
Fauji679,334/
Fahie675,695/
Foaad673,036/
Foaud671,844/
Fotea671,433/
Foash671,008/
Faoji67758/
Fouah67368/
Fouaz67327/
Fuoad67315/
Fo'ad67189/
Fouas67189/
Foeij67185/
Fouji67161/
Fauyi67119/
Fooij6794/
Fouya6762/
Foyie6758/
Fooad6756/
Fouat6749/
Fogia6748/
Fo'oa6739/
Faeie6733/
Fohis6732/
Foiya6725/
Fauid6717/
Focea6717/
Foead6714/
Faahi6712/
Fahih6711/
Faoiz6710/
Fojia679/
Fa'iz677/
Faoyi676/
Fa'oa676/
Fouis676/
Fohie676/
Fouja675/
Foaat675/
Fouaj674/
Fojie674/
Fo'at674/
Foa'd674/
Foats673/
Fohga673/
Fooat673/
Foast672/
Foyia672/
Fouid672/
Foiea672/
Fouyi672/
Faeai672/
Fo'aa672/
Foiji671/
Fauis671/
Faeih671/
Faoie671/
Faoih671/
Fuoas671/
Foatt671/
Foatz671/
Fohiz671/
Fohua671/
Fojya671/
Fouay671/
Foaay671/
Fa'id671/
Fouie671/
Vouai671/
Fățoi671/
Foa'a671/
Foaas671/
Foaut671/
Foaye671/
Foeaz671/
Fohap671/
Fohay671/
Foiye671/
Foois671/
Fouih671/
Fouij671/
Feoie671/
Fooaa671/
Fhahi671/
Foasz671/
Fohit671/
Faoid671/
Foach670/
Foeha670/
Fohea670/
Fosea670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Foai
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis