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
Foness is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foness? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foness is the 7,593,402nd most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Foness occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Foness are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Foness is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 10 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Foness is mostly found in: Illinois, where 100 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent reside and Malawi, where 17 percent reside.
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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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