Fordey Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Fordey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 23 | 1:1,652,554 | 91,394 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Fordey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fordey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fordey is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fordey? popularity and diffusion
Fordey is the 2,580,327th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Fordey is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Fordey reside; 66 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 66 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most common in Poland, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,652,554. Excluding Poland Fordey exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 25 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.
Fordey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fordey has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Fordey last name rose 160 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Fordey
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