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
Foese occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foese? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Foese occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Foese are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany Foese is most frequent 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 it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis