Foix Surname

221,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Andorra

Foix Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foix Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France6481:102,50415,058
Spain6231:75,0436,581
United States2521:1,438,32998,774
Chile1461:120,6614,360
Argentina1291:331,34426,182
Andorra261:3,225636
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Foix (129) may also be a first name.

Foix Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Foix Come From? nationality or country of origin

Foix is found most in France. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foix? popularity and diffusion

It is the 221,768th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,962,776 people. Foix is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Foix live; 35 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 35 percent live in Iberian Europe. Foix is also the 818,356th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 129 people.

The last name Foix is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 102,504. In France it is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 41 percent reside, Occitanie, where 15 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Excluding France this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Foix Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foix has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Foix surname rose 12,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Foix Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Foix are 6.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.32% being registered with the political party.

Foix earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.51% less than the national average, earning $42,931 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fox86340,653/
Fix8612,982/
Fois759,909/
Feix753,848/
Faix751,157/
Foxe75700/
Foik75566/
Foux75472/
Fixe75280/
Foox75248/
Foex75132/
Voix7593/
Fixx7560/
Foxx7546/
Foxs7544/
Foëx7544/
Foiz7524/
Fixz7523/
Fhox755/
Fixs754/
Foic753/
Fiox753/
Focx753/
Foij752/
Foxt752/
Fosx752/
Foig752/
Fihx752/
Foxd751/
Hfox751/
Hfix751/
Fiex751/
Fijx751/
Fixd751/
Fizx751/
Fitx751/
Fisx751/
Fotx751/
Féix751/
Foqx751/
Fhix751/
Foyx751/
Foxz751/
Foxp751/
Vfix751/
Wfox751/
Foxh751/
Fixh750/
Fuox750/
Fokx750/
Foist67446/
Foigt67145/
Fooij6794/
Foice6778/
Foias6771/
Foios6765/
Foike6734/
Foukx6721/
Foige6719/
Fouex6714/
Faixe6711/
Foise6710/
Fojik676/
Feiix674/
Foiag674/
Fojig674/
Feiox673/
Foies672/
D'Fox672/
Foyex672/
Feixe672/
Fishx671/
Foiaş671/
Fixce671/
Foiss671/
Foish671/
Hfhix671/
Foitz671/
Fikxe671/
Foutx671/
Foick671/
Hfoxs671/
Foikt671/
Feitx671/
Faiyx671/
Faiox671/
Foiys671/
Foiic671/
D'Fix671/
Fouij671/
Foxht670/
Foxse670/
Foits670/

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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 Foix
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