Foese Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Foese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Foese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foese occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foese? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foese is the 2,530,696th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Foese is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Foese are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Foese is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany Foese is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent are found, Berlin, where 20 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 16 percent are found. Barring Germany Foese exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Foese
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