Foire Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Foire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 185 | 1:359,042 | 53,729 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Foiré (1) are calculated separately.
Foire (12) may also be a first name.
Foire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foire is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Foiré. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,239,697th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Foire are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Foire is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 359,042. In France Foire is most numerous in: Normandy, where 59 percent reside, Centre-Val de Loire, where 17 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent reside. Beside France Foire occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Foire
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