Foelz Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Foelz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foelz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia751:359,94330,133
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Foelz Last Name Facts

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

Foelz is more commonly found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foelz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,674,734th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Foelz reside; 64 percent reside in Australasia and 64 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Foelz is most widely held in Australia, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 359,943. In Australia it is most common in: Queensland, where 96 percent are found, New South Wales, where 3 percent are found and Victoria, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Australia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Foelz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Foelz has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foeltz9123/
Folz894,557/
Felz89679/
Feltz804,234/
Voelz801,440/
Foels80234/
Pfolz8046/
Felsz8040/
Faelz8029/
Fielz808/
Felcz806/
Feldz802/
Folsz801/
Felze801/
Feilz801/
Fellz801/
Foulz800/
Flz754/
Voeltz73867/
Pfeltz7373/
Fowels7365/
Fellez7331/
Feldtz7328/
Feltzs7317/
Fieltz7310/
Follez738/
Fieldz733/
Fueltz732/
Vowelz731/
Fuelcz731/
Foelhs731/
Fielsz731/
Feltze731/
Foelch731/
Foelds731/
Faeltz730/
Fesltz730/
Foells730/
Fels677,115/
Filz672,117/
Velz67411/
Fols67294/
Foelsch67287/
Felc67231/
Felx67229/
Fowells6739/
Fulz6739/
Flez6728/
Fölz6720/
Felß6710/
Foellse679/
Fülz677/
Foehles675/
Flzd671/
Fltz671/
Wflz671/
Flzp671/
Flzs671/
Flzt671/
Fldz671/

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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 Foelz
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