Foness Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Foness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Foness (10) may also be a first name.
Foness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foness is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foness? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Foness is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Foness live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 10 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 100 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent are found and Malawi, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Foness
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