Foex Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Foex Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foex Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1091:609,38380,423
England81:6,964,757184,742
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Foëx (44) are calculated separately.

Foex Last Name Facts

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

Foex has its highest incidence in France. It can also occur as a variant: Foëx. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foex? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foex is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Foex live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 609,383. In France Foex is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 76 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 8 percent are found and Grand Est, where 7 percent are found. Outside of France Foex occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

Foex Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foex has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Foex last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foëx9244/
Fouex8914/
Foyex892/
Fox86340,653/
Fex861,093/
Feix753,848/
Foix751,839/
Foes75799/
Foux75472/
Foox75248/
Foek75201/
Foxs7544/
Feux7539/
Fuex7517/
Feyx7517/
Foez7510/
Faex759/
Fhox755/
Feax755/
Wfex754/
Focx753/
Fexh752/
Voex751/
Hfox751/
Fexz751/
Feqx751/
Foeq751/
Foec751/
Foqx751/
Foyx751/
Fexs751/
Fiex751/
Foxz751/
Foxh751/
Wfox751/
Fokx750/
Foeg750/
Foets67216/
Foeij67185/
Foest67181/
Foess6769/
Foese6758/
Fouix6739/
Foeks6730/
Foukx6721/
Foech6713/
Foesz678/
Foeke678/
Foeck677/
Foesh675/
Foegh674/
Feiix674/
Foehc674/
Fayex673/
Feiox673/
D'Fox672/
Feixe672/
Fhoes672/
Feuxs671/
Hfoxs671/
Feitx671/
Faiox671/
Foutx671/
Fohes671/
Fohez671/
Foekt670/
Foece670/
Fooes670/

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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 Foex
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