Fooij Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fooij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fooij Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands761:222,20029,701
Belgium131:884,35769,774
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Fooij Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fooij is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Fooij click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fooij? popularity and diffusion

Fooij is the 1,918,812th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Fooij live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 222,200. In The Netherlands Fooij is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 38 percent are found, Limburg, where 34 percent are found and North Holland, where 16 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands Fooij is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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 Fooij
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