Foghis Surname

518,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Foghis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foghis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5941:33,8014,312
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Foghiş (115) are calculated separately.

Foghis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foghis is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Foghiş. Click here for further potential spellings of Foghis.

How Common Is The Last Name Foghis? popularity and diffusion

Foghis is the 518,137th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Foghis reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

It is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 33,801. In Romania Foghis is most frequent in: Bihor County, where 61 percent are found, Arad County, where 26 percent are found and Timiș County, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Romania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Hungary, where 0 percent are found.

Foghis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foghis surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% being registered with the party.

Foghis earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 51.27% more than the national average, earning $65,272 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foghiş94115/
Fogis916/
Foghes831/
Faghis831/
Fagis7370/
Foges7363/
Vogis7311/
Fogues67285/
Vogais6757/
Vogies6756/
Fagois6739/
Fagish676/
Fonges673/
Fogays672/
Faggis672/
Fogões671/
Fouges671/
Fosges671/
Faguis671/

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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 Foghis
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