Fockema Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fockema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fockema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080

Fockema Last Name Facts

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

Fockema is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fockema? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fockema is the 2,718,172nd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Fockema reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Fockema is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 544,748. In The Netherlands Fockema is most numerous in: North Holland, where 65 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and Utrecht, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands Fockema exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 35 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.

Fockema Last Name Statistics demography

Fockema earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.73% less than the national average, earning R 197,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Fokema9245/
Fokkema861,826/
Foekema86273/
Foukema861/
Fekema77112/
Fokoma7721/
Fokama7711/
Facema779/
Fukema771/
Fokima771/
Fakkema71382/
Fadkema7111/
Fekemah713/
Fokheme712/
Foukama711/
Foukemi711/
Fukkema711/
Fachema711/
Facemay710/
Fhakeima671/

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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 Fockema
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