Focas Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Focas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 473 | 1:111,927 | 10,777 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Italy | 27 | 1:2,265,063 | 92,103 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Fócas (2) are calculated separately.
Focas (579) may also be a first name.
Focas Demographics
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Focas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Focas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Focas is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Fócas. Click here for other potential spellings of Focas.
How Common Is The Last Name Focas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 462,174th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,982,940 people. The surname Focas is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Focas live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 348,009th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 579 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 473 people, or 1 in 111,927. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 23 percent live, Kagera Region, where 20 percent live and Manyara Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Focas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Focas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Focas surname grew 638 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Focas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Focas last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Focas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.04% less than the national average, earning 228,265 kr per year and in United States they earn 64.31% more than the national average, earning $70,898 USD per year.
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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 Focas
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