Foras Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Foras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 113 | 1:587,812 | 78,453 |
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| Greece | 53 | 1:209,053 | 32,911 |
| Pakistan | 48 | 1:3,721,748 | 27,543 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Foraś (1) are calculated separately.
Foras (396) may also be a first name.
Foras Demographics
Average Foras Salary in
United States
$80,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Foras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foras (Hindi: फोरस, Marathi: फॉरस, Russian: Форас) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Foraś. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foras? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foras is the 786,896th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name Foras is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Foras are found; 31 percent are found in Western Europe and 31 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 434,130th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 396 people.
The surname Foras is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 587,812. In France Foras is mostly found in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 55 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 42 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 1 percent are found. Not including France it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 28 percent are found and Greece, where 15 percent are found.
Foras Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Foras has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foras surname expanded 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Foras Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Foras last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
Foras earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 85.89% more than the national average, earning $80,208 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foras Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foras in the Hindi language | ||
| फोरस | phorasa | - |
| Foras in the Marathi language | ||
| फॉरस | phorasa | 75 |
| फोरस | phorasa | 25 |
| Foras in the Russian language | ||
| Форас | foras | - |
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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 Foras
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