Fomes Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fomes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fomes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England581:960,65648,451
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Fomes Last Name Facts

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

Fomes is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fomes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,806,862nd most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Fomes reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 960,656. In England Fomes is primarily found in: Cambridgeshire, where 19 percent are found, Norfolk, where 16 percent are found and Hertfordshire, where 12 percent are found. Outside of England this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 35 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.

Fomes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fomes has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 223 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fomes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fgomes912/
Fosmes911/
Fomest911/
Foimes911/
Fomesh910/
Fomess910/
Foomes910/
Fome89145/
Fosmess831/
Fumes80451/
Fames8050/
Fomez8050/
Fomer8029/
Fomet8020/
Foume8016/
Fomey8015/
Fomea8013/
Fomie8011/
Foime807/
Femes805/
Fomeh802/
Vomes802/
Fomis801/
Fomme801/
Fotme801/
Fomge801/
Fomee801/
Fhome800/
Fommei73198/
Famese73162/
Fosmer7372/
Fameus7350/
Foumey7350/
Phomes7323/
Foimie7316/
Fomish7315/
Famees7312/
Foumie739/
Vomesh736/
Fommer734/
Fommis733/
Foumis733/
Fgomez732/
Femeus732/
Foomer732/
Foimer732/
Fahmes731/
Foumer731/
Foumet731/
Fumess731/
Fuomer731/
Famões731/
Femmes731/
Fomieh731/
Fomett731/
Fasmes731/
Fhoume731/
Fotmei730/
Pfomer730/
Foomey730/
Fame672,117/
Foma671,585/
Fomi67435/
Vome6792/
Fomy6715/
Fameshe6712/
Fomeche6711/
Fomj673/
Pfoumie671/
Pfommer671/
Foumeed671/
Fameesh671/
Phommes671/
Pfoomer670/
Fousmer670/

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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 Fomes
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