Foiter Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Foiter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Foiter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foiter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foiter (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻴﻄﺮ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foiter? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Foiter occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Foiter are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foiter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foiter in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﻴﻄﺮ | afytr | 50 |
| ﺃﻓﻴﻄﻴﺮ | afytyr | 50 |
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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 Foiter
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