Foehst Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Foehst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Foehst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foehst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foehst is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Foehst click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foehst? popularity and diffusion
Foehst is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Foehst occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Foehst reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hamburg, where 25 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 25 percent reside. Besides Germany Foehst is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Austria, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Foehst
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