Foile Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Foile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Foïle (1) are calculated separately.
Foile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foile (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻴﻠﻪ) is most common in England. It can also occur in the variant forms: Foïle. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foile? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foile is the 5,812,366th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Foile live; 36 percent live in Northern Europe and 36 percent live in British Isles.
The last name Foile is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Foile is most numerous in: Greater London, where 50 percent reside, Hertfordshire, where 25 percent reside and Surrey, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 27 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
Foile Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Foile has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Foile last name decreased 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foile Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foile in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﻴﻠﻪ | afylh | 62.5 |
| ﺍﻓﻴﻞ | afyl | 37.5 |
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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 Foile
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