Foess Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Foess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:5,330,278267,385
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Foess Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foess occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foess? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,293,424th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Foess occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Foess live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 5,330,278. In The United States Foess is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 12 percent live, Utah, where 9 percent live and Arizona, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Foess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Foess has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foess surname expanded 756 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Foess Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foess surname are 0.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.17% being registered to vote for the political party.

Foess earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning $44,302 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfoess911/
Foesst910/
Foss8929,860/
Foes89799/
Fuess80580/
Feiss80577/
Fouss80533/
Fiess80518/
Foets80216/
Feuss80208/
Foest80181/
Fosså80170/
Feess80137/
Foese8058/
Foyes8035/
Faess8012/
Åfoss8010/
Foesz808/
Fosås806/
Foesh805/
Fowes803/
Fyess803/
Fhoes802/
Foues802/
Foies802/
Fossø802/
Fohes801/
Fooss801/
Foiss801/
Feass800/
Fooes800/
Foestsch770/
Foe756,628/
Fos752,680/
Fousse73934/
Foesch73452/
Feisst73297/
Feusse73121/
Foisse7344/
Faioes7338/
Foehse7325/
Fawess7316/
Fossås7316/
Fejess7312/
Foehst737/
Fouest732/
Fehass732/
Fhowes731/
Foeshe731/
Foiies731/
Foosse731/
Fayoes731/
Foyese731/
Fowies731/
Fijess731/
Pfoehs731/
Fahess731/
Vowess730/
Feusst730/
Foetsh730/
Fois679,909/
Faes675,978/
Fuss675,608/
Foos674,954/
Feys673,322/
Fees672,032/
Fous67879/
Fies67710/
Feis67677/
Fosh67537/
Fues67227/
Feas67221/
Foer67190/
Feus67170/
Foex67132/
Foet67128/
Figgess6781/
Foey6778/
Foetsch6757/
Füss6755/
Fohe6754/
Voes6747/
Foed6742/
Foys6737/
Fojs6735/
Feyisse6725/
Foea6713/
Foez6710/
Fosz677/
Fayosse676/
Feás675/
Fejs674/
Fhos673/
Foee673/
Fůss673/
Fooe672/
Fóes672/
Foggies672/
Wfoe672/
Foestch672/
Pfoe671/
Fóss671/
Pfos671/
Feyesse671/
Vfos671/
Fozs671/
Foisstt670/

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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 Foess
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis