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

Foghis occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Foghiş. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foghis? popularity and diffusion

Foghis is the 518,137th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. Foghis is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Foghis live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname Foghis is most frequently held in Romania, where it is borne by 594 people, or 1 in 33,801. In Romania Foghis is most frequent in: Bihor County, where 61 percent live, Arad County, where 26 percent live and Timiș County, where 7 percent live. Apart from Romania Foghis occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Hungary, where 0 percent live.

Foghis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foghis last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the political 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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