Foreau Surname
Approximately 783 people bear this surname
Foreau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 780 | 1:85,157 | 12,117 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Foreau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foreau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foreau is most common in France. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foreau? popularity and diffusion
Foreau is the 437,968th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,307,211 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Foreau are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Foreau is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 780 people, or 1 in 85,157. In France Foreau is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 30 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 20 percent reside and Normandy, where 14 percent reside. Excluding France this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Foreau
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