Fogwell Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Fogwell Surname Definition:

From Vogwell; a location name in Devon.

Fogwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1791:2,024,910129,652
South Africa1191:455,27538,276
Australia441:613,53943,545
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England81:6,964,757184,742
Curaçao41:39,312638
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England951:256,58318,459
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Fogwell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Vogwell; a location name in Devon.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Fogwell Last Name Facts

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

Fogwell is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fogwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fogwell is the 769,129th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname Fogwell occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Fogwell are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 2,024,910. In The United States Fogwell is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 20 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Ohio, where 11 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Fogwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fogwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fogwell surname expanded 331 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fogwell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fogwell surname are 39.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 86.36% registered with the party.

The amount Fogwell earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning R 198,396 per year; in United States they earn 8.53% more than the national average, earning $46,831 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.13% less than the national average, earning $35,212 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fogwill86470/
Vogwell8659/
Fagwell860/
Fockwell803/
Fhocwell801/
Foguel77402/
Vogwll771/
Fagwel770/
Vogwill71113/
Foiguel7117/
Vagwell712/
Fagwill710/
Fackwell670/
Faguel6228/
Foquel622/
Fuguel622/
Fauguel57110/
Fuguill572/
Vegwill570/
Fasquell534/

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