Footing Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Footing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Footing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius331:39,1947,252
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Footing Last Name Facts

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

Footing is more frequently found in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Footing? popularity and diffusion

Footing is the 3,323,005th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Footing are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.

The last name is most widely held in Mauritius, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 39,194. In Mauritius it is primarily concentrated in: Port Louis District, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Mauritius Footing is found in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 3 percent reside and Spain, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Footting930/
Foting922/
Fosting864/
Foothin861/
Foosing861/
Vooting860/
Foong8315,634/
Fotin832,048/
Foing83197/
Footn831/
Fottings801/
Fating774,171/
Fotien771,771/
Fotina771,646/
Fostin77505/
Füting77233/
Fotion7779/
Footen7773/
Fosing7741/
Foteng7723/
Fohtin7719/
Futing7710/
Foutin779/
Hfoong775/
Fotuin774/
Voting773/
Foitin772/
Fottin772/
Foytin771/
Footn'770/
Fostingue751/
Fong73103,120/
Foon734,255/
Foin731,269/
Fotn732/
Fasting71559/
Fusting71253/
Fossing71237/
Foustin7171/
Fousing7130/
Fathing7125/
Fatting7119/
Foching7117/
Fotyong7110/
Fogging714/
Fütting711/
Foysing711/
Feuting711/
Fhating711/
Foochin711/
Foituin711/
Foutina711/
Pfoings711/
Votting711/
Fatingh711/
Footten710/
Fatin676,828/
Voong672,843/
Votin67287/
Fuong67225/
Foung67207/
Fuisting67178/
Fotyn67164/
Foint6777/
Fosin6768/
Foten6762/
Foine6762/
Voing6747/
Fhong6742/
Fotinova6737/
Fachting6736/
Foont6735/
Fhoon6731/
Fotne6726/
Foone6721/
Foonk6719/
Fuoching6718/
Fotim676/
Phoosing676/
Fongs674/
Foimn674/
Fosingne674/
Phothing673/
Hfong673/
Fausting673/
Fottn672/
Wfong672/
Fongg672/
Foonh671/
Ffong671/
Phooteng671/
Fongt671/
Fonng671/
Foond671/
Foingowa671/
Foind671/
Fustings671/
Foinn671/
Fongh671/
Fosching670/

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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 Footing
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