Foaster Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Foaster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foaster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Foaster (3) may also be a first name.

Foaster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foaster is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Foaster click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foaster? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Foaster are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Foaster is also the 7,463,778th most widespread first name globally It is held by 3 people.

The surname Foaster is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Alabama, where 50 percent reside and Florida, where 50 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foater926/
Foate83172/
Fouate7711/
Faoste772/
Foateu772/
Foates770/
Fouateu7160/
Fouateh711/
Foattie710/
Foata67481/
Foaty6719/
Faote6715/
Foati672/
Voate671/

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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 Foaster
  • 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