Foreigner Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Israel

Foreigner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foreigner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Foreigner Last Name Facts

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

Foreigner is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foreigner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foreigner is the 4,034,050th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Foreigner reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Tai-Asia.

It is most common in Thailand, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 5,886,529. In Thailand Foreigner is most prevalent in: Bangkok, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Thailand Foreigner exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Israel, where 8 percent reside.

Foreigner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foreigner has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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 Foreigner
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