Focus Surname
Approximately 6,093 people bear this surname
Focus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,890 | 1:8,988 | 1,181 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Focus (4,837) may also be a first name.
Focus Demographics
Focus Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Focus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Focus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Focus is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Focus? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,991st most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,196,052 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Focus are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Focus is also the 98,208th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 4,837 people.
Focus is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,890 people, or 1 in 8,988. In Tanzania Focus is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 21 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 12 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Focus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foccus | 91 | 6 | / |
| Foscus | 91 | 0 | / |
| Focu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fokus | 80 | 272 | / |
| Facus | 80 | 236 | / |
| Foucu | 80 | 88 | / |
| Focos | 80 | 49 | / |
| Fucus | 80 | 5 | / |
| Focuy | 80 | 2 | / |
| Foccu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fosus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Focou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Focusova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Foucauds | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fakous | 73 | 5,442 | / |
| Facous | 73 | 2,654 | / |
| Phocus | 73 | 996 | / |
| Facius | 73 | 724 | / |
| Faqous | 73 | 703 | / |
| Foucou | 73 | 545 | / |
| Facuse | 73 | 295 | / |
| Fockeu | 73 | 250 | / |
| Foukos | 73 | 38 | / |
| Fachus | 73 | 35 | / |
| Fuscus | 73 | 15 | / |
| Fotsus | 73 | 11 | / |
| Voicus | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fucius | 73 | 4 | / |
| Foucau | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fajous | 73 | 2 | / |
| Foekus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Facuis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fojkus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foscau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Focheu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fuchus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Facaus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fascus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foucaud | 67 | 3,057 | / |
| Facu | 67 | 1,060 | / |
| Foucaut | 67 | 768 | / |
| Fakoush | 67 | 496 | / |
| Foku | 67 | 201 | / |
| Facusse | 67 | 194 | / |
| Focqueu | 67 | 187 | / |
| Foucout | 67 | 114 | / |
| Fouskou | 67 | 57 | / |
| Foucaux | 67 | 48 | / |
| Focault | 67 | 29 | / |
| Faccuse | 67 | 23 | / |
| Foucoux | 67 | 18 | / |
| Foutsos | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fakkous | 67 | 4 | / |
| Foycout | 67 | 4 | / |
| Foukous | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fakouse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fouckou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fockuce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fackous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouckeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fakouss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phocius | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fockosh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foscutt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foggius | 67 | 0 | / |
| Futchus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Focus
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis