Fomison Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Fomison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fomison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales101:309,45316,869
England71:7,959,723202,100
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Fomison Last Name Facts

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

Fomison occurs in Wales more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fomison? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fomison is the 4,307,654th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Fomison live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Wales, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 309,453. In Wales Fomison is mostly found in: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough, where 70 percent live and City and County of Cardiff, where 30 percent live. Other than Wales this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.

Fomison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fomison has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Fomison surname grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fomuson861/
Famison861/
Fomisang802/
Fumeisong752/
Famisan711,267/
Foomeesong711/
Fameson711/
Phumison6745/
Famissan674/
Fomijang672/
Fomessen671/
Fumichon671/
Phamishon6321/
Fomessung631/
Famusan57147/
Famesan573/
Famizan572/
Phoummisane562/
Famechon53485/
Phumisom53202/
Phumisun5322/
Phumisan5313/
Fomejang531/
Vemissan531/
Phumisang505/
Phumisung505/
Feemuesan502/

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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 Fomison
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