Fooso Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Fooso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fooso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho301:67,7529,213
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Fooso (13) may also be a first name.

Fooso Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fooso is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fooso? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fooso are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 13 people.

Fooso is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 67,752. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 90 percent are found and Maseru District, where 10 percent are found. Besides Lesotho this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 42 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Fooso Last Name Statistics demography

Fooso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.85% less than the national average, earning R 100,164 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foso89463/
Fooshoo833/
Footsoy831/
Fotso8025,490/
Fosso808,153/
Fosoh80250/
Fozoo8052/
Foozo8014/
Foiso805/
Fosoi804/
Foosa804/
Vooso803/
Foojo803/
Fojos802/
Foyso802/
Fooco801/
Fosoo801/
Foeso801/
Foxso801/
Fosop801/
Fouso801/
Fossou731,761/
Fossoh73383/
Fotsop73192/
Fossot7359/
Foyjoo7347/
Fotsou7340/
Fousso7331/
Fossop7324/
Fosouh7322/
Pfotso7316/
Fossoy7314/
Fossos7312/
Foozop7311/
Fotsoh7310/
Foutso735/
Fotsoo733/
Phooso732/
Foisso732/
Fousop732/
Forzoo732/
Fossso731/
Fossoo731/
Fosood731/
Fohsoh731/
Fodsoh731/
Fuozos731/
Fuosoh731/
Fotsso731/
Fousos731/
Ffosso731/
Foesoh731/
Faso672,723/
Fuso672,218/
Fosa671,420/
Fojo671,350/
Foco671,061/
Voso67558/
Foutsop67419/
Fozo67386/
Fossoux6768/
Fotsios6757/
Fossoud6755/
Fossois6730/
Foxo6720/
Foissot6718/
Foutsou6714/
Foudsou677/
Foussou675/
Foutsos674/
Foćo673/
Phoosod672/
Phoosho671/
Fuossoy671/
Fuotsop671/
Fohssoh671/
Foussos671/
Fouhsop671/
Foschoo671/

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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
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  • 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 Fooso
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