Foleys Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Foleys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Foleys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foleys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foleys is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foleys? popularity and diffusion
Foleys is the 7,117,718th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Foleys reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Foleys is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 40 percent live, New York, where 20 percent live and Rhode Island, where 20 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 14 percent live and Zambia, where 14 percent live.
Foleys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Foleys has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Foleys surname expanded 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Foleys
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