Food Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Food Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Food Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:994,96549,531
Afghanistan121:2,679,43217,028
Iran81:9,597,816173,045
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Somaliland41:875,0461,198
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Food (323) may also be a first name.

Food Last Name Facts

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

The surname Food is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Food? popularity and diffusion

Food is the 1,882,912th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Food reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 488,148th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 323 people.

The surname Food is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 994,965. In England it is mostly found in: Leicestershire, where 57 percent reside, South Yorkshire, where 23 percent reside and Greater London, where 7 percent reside. Apart from England Food occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 12 percent reside and Iran, where 8 percent reside.

Food Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Food has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Food Last Name Statistics demography

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

Food earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.17% less than the national average, earning $41,650 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foods899/
Foodz893/
Fooyd891/
Footd891/
Foodt890/
Foo8654,144/
Fod86866/
Foot757,156/
Foos754,954/
Foud752,036/
Fooz75417/
Fooy75150/
Fodh7567/
Fods7545/
Foid7543/
Foed7542/
Pfoo7538/
Vood7533/
Foyd7530/
Fooa7525/
Fuod754/
Fhoo753/
Fooj753/
Fodd753/
Fgoo753/
Fodz752/
Fooe752/
Fotd751/
Pfod751/
Vfod751/
Wfod751/
Wfoo751/
Ffod751/
Foop750/
Foote6733,570/
Fo679,175/
Foots67796/
Foott67706/
Foudh67154/
Footh67144/
Fooij6794/
Foohs6725/
Foost6712/
Foudz675/
Phood672/
Fodsh671/
Fuoyd671/
Fodte671/
Footp671/
Foohy671/
Fooss671/
Hfoud671/
Foddt671/
Fodds670/
Fooch670/
Fooht670/
Fouds670/
Fooee670/

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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 Food
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