Foissey Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
Foissey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 596 | 1:111,448 | 16,665 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Foissey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foissey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foissey is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Foissey.
How Common Is The Last Name Foissey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 523,160th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. Foissey is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Foissey live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 596 people, or 1 in 111,448. In France Foissey is most numerous in: Grand Est, where 53 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 12 percent reside and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 9 percent reside. Besides France this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 3 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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
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