Foods Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Qatar

Foods Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foods Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Foods (116) may also be a first name.

Foods Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foods occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foods? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Foods live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. Foods is also the 868,627th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 116 people.

The last name Foods is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 6,140,932. In Canada Foods is primarily found in: Ontario, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Canada this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 11 percent are found and Qatar, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foos894,954/
Food8997/
Fods8945/
Foose801,901/
Foots80796/
Fodse8078/
Foohs8025/
Foost8012/
Foodz803/
Fooss801/
Fooyd801/
Footd801/
Fodsh801/
Fodds800/
Fouds800/
Foodt800/
Foo7554,144/
Fos752,680/
Fod75866/
Fooshe7355/
Fhodse734/
Foochs732/
Foosse731/
Foss6729,860/
Fois679,909/
Foot677,156/
Foud672,036/
Voos671,856/
Fose671,166/
Fous67879/
Fost67619/
Fosh67537/
Fooz67417/
Fohs67294/
Foox67248/
Fooy67150/
Fodh6767/
Foxs6744/
Foid6743/
Pfoo6738/
Foys6737/
Fojs6735/
Vood6733/
Foyd6730/
Fooa6725/
Fuos6712/
Fots677/
Fosz677/
Fads675/
Fuod674/
Foïs674/
Fuds673/
Fooj673/
Fodd673/
Fhos673/
Fhoo673/
Fgoo673/
Fodz672/
Fosx672/
Fooc672/
Fooe672/
Ffod671/
Fozs671/
Fotd671/
Wfoo671/
Wfod671/
Vfos671/
Fosj671/
Fosp671/
Pfos671/
Vfod671/
Pfod671/
Foop670/

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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 Foods
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis