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 last name Foire is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Foiré. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foire? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,239,697th most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname Foire is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Foire live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 359,042. In France it is most frequent in: Normandy, where 59 percent are found, Centre-Val de Loire, where 17 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent are found. Besides France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Foire
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