Foltýn Surname

344,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,063 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Foltýn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foltýn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia9841:10,8061,458
Slovakia761:70,21613,625
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Foltyn (4,546) & Foltyń (12) are calculated separately.

Foltýn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foltýn is more commonly found in Czechia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Foltyn or Foltyń. For other potential spellings of Foltýn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foltýn? popularity and diffusion

Foltýn is the 344,624th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 6,855,641 people. The last name Foltýn occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Foltýn live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is carried by 984 people, or 1 in 10,806. In Czechia it is mostly found in: Zlín Region, where 24 percent are found, South Moravian Region, where 19 percent are found and Central Bohemian Region, where 12 percent are found. Beside Czechia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 7 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foltyn944,546/
Foltyń8912/
Foltin831,587/
Foltín83188/
Folten8392/
Faltýn8355/
Foltýnová801,066/
Folting7784/
Foltyna7735/
Foltina775/
Fultn730/
Foltting712/
Faltin672,836/
Faltyn67936/
Foltynová67459/
Voltin67290/
Foltinová67171/
Falten67163/
Foltínová67144/
Volten67136/
Faltýnová6778/
Fultyn6766/
Faltín6727/
Foltynova6726/
Foltenová6718/
Foltinova6714/
Fultin674/
Fulten674/
Foltim672/
Folténová672/
Foltínova671/
Foltenova671/
Faltén671/

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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 Foltýn
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