Foltynek Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Foltynek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foltynek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia301:354,44942,602
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Foltýnek (144) are calculated separately.

Foltynek Last Name Facts

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

Foltynek occurs most in Czechia. It can be rendered as a variant: Foltýnek. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foltynek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name Foltynek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Foltynek reside; 64 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 64 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Czechia, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 354,449. In Czechia it is primarily found in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 93 percent reside, Olomouc Region, where 3 percent reside and South Moravian Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Czechia it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 14 percent reside and Argentina, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foltýnek96144/
Faltynek88258/
Foltinek8899/
Foltínek883/
Voltynek881/
Foltyniok821/
Faltýnek75378/
Faltinek7592/
Faltínek755/
Foltenik751/
Faltynkova676/
Faltýneková632/
Foultoing596/
Faltinkova561/

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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 Foltynek
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