Foames Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Foames Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foames Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:2,532,63991,802
Wales41:773,63329,106
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Foames Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foames is found most frequently in England. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foames? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Foames is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Foames live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

Foames is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 2,532,639. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 64 percent reside, Kent, where 23 percent reside and Surrey, where 9 percent reside. Not including England this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Wales, where 15 percent reside.

Foames Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foames has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Foames surname expanded 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foame912/
Foamex831/
Foamy733/
Faome731/
Foama731/
Fohami67239/
Fo'ome677/
Fouami675/
Fouama672/
Fouamy671/
Fouome671/
Foamai671/
Fahoome6295/
Fahoume622/
Fouomeu621/
Fouatmi621/
Fouamai621/
Fa'aomea5711/
Fauhamed572/
Vaome552/
Fauomy50276/
Fouoma5055/
Fauomi502/
Foyomi502/
Phoami501/
Phoama501/
Fahomi501/
Faoumi501/
Faouma501/

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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 Foames
  • 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