Foight Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

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

Foight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States861:4,214,639225,501
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Foight Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foight is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foight? popularity and diffusion

Foight is the 1,994,173rd most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Foight are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 4,214,639. In The United States Foight is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 26 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Nebraska, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Poland, where 2 percent live.

Foight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Foight has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Foight last name rose 410 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Foight Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Foight last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Foight earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% less than the national average, earning $41,381 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fight91323/
Foght91315/
Voight835,270/
Fought831,838/
Feight83816/
Fights83142/
Faight8370/
Fieght832/
Fooght831/
Fighte830/
Foughts770/
Voght73578/
Foghe7342/
Vight7330/
Foige7319/
Fogdt736/
Fighs731/
Feght731/
Faght730/
Faught674,892/
Vooght67594/
Veight6757/
Foughe6751/
Faiget6728/
Voyght6712/
Feught6710/
Voigdt678/
Vaight678/
Feighs670/
Faighe670/
Phight670/
Vieght670/

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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 Foight
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