Foentjies Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Foentjies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foentjies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Foentjies Last Name Facts

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

Foentjies is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foentjies? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. Foentjies is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Foentjies reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 515,978. In South Africa Foentjies is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 90 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent reside and Gauteng, where 2 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Foentjies Last Name Statistics demography

Foentjies earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.49% less than the national average, earning R 169,944 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fonties889/
Fuenties824/
Fientjes824/
Fanatjies781/
Foentge751/
Vondjesse5694/
Vondjisse561/
Fandjessou5315/
Fndjhs534/
Voundjissou5034/

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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 Foentjies
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