Foehr Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Foehr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foehr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2771:1,308,51691,569
Germany971:829,95360,372
Luxembourg531:10,9541,898
France291:2,290,439180,028
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Foehr Last Name Facts

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

Foehr occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foehr? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 610,848th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. The last name Foehr occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Foehr reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Foehr is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 1,308,516. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 30 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 10 percent are found.

Foehr Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Foehr has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,108 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Foehr Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Foehr last name are 19.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.31% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Foehr earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.35% less than the national average, earning R 60,948 per year; in United States they earn 43.25% more than the national average, earning $61,810 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.57% more than the national average, earning $61,888 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foer89190/
Faehr80181/
Pfoer801/
Foerr800/
Feuhr800/
Föhr671,892/
Faer67922/
Feur6794/
Voer6749/
Fähr6739/
Föhre60168/
Feurh6016/
Phoer605/
Ffaer604/
Fährt601/
Pfähr601/
Fheur601/

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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
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  • 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 Foehr
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