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
The last name Fordey is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fordey.
How Common Is The Last Name Fordey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Fordey live; 66 percent live in Eastern Europe and 66 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Fordey is most commonly used in Poland, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,652,554. Other than Poland Fordey is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 25 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.
Fordey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fordey has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 160 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 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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