Fokos Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Fokos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fokos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece621:178,70628,807
United States311:11,692,224454,091
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Fokoš (4) are calculated separately.

Fokos Last Name Facts

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

Fokos (Russian: Фокос) is found in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Fokoš. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fokos? popularity and diffusion

Fokos is the 1,849,867th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Fokos live; 62 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 62 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Greece, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 178,706. In Greece Fokos is primarily concentrated in: Central Greece, where 63 percent live, Attica, where 34 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 2 percent live. Aside from Greece this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Fokos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fokos surname are 36.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90% registered with the party.

The amount Fokos earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.87% less than the national average, earning R 140,520 per year and in United States they earn 32.61% more than the national average, earning $57,221 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fokoš934/
Fozkos9142/
Foukos9138/
Fokose918/
Fouskos8357/
Foukous834/
Fokoshe831/
Fockosh831/
Fokas802,435/
Fakos80961/
Fokus80272/
Vokos80132/
Fekos8054/
Focos8049/
Fokàs801/
Fakous735,442/
Foukas731,052/
Fokase73302/
Phokos73113/
Voikos7378/
Foskas7332/
Fakose7326/
Fekkos7324/
Futkos7322/
Fackos7313/
Fekous7313/
Focose737/
Fakkos732/
Foekus732/
Feckos731/
Fokash731/
Fojkus731/
Fogkas731/
Fokoch731/
Fokasz731/
Fakoush67496/
Fekkous67366/
Fouskas67310/
Fooskas6729/
Fakkous674/
Fokhase673/
Fakouse672/
Fakouss671/
Fakuosh671/
Fekouss671/
Foikash671/
Fackous671/
Fouckas670/

Fokos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fokos in the Russian language
Фокосfokos-

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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 Fokos
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