Foriš Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Foriš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 158 | 1:33,775 | 6,114 |
| Croatia | 38 | 1:111,279 | 17,038 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
The alternate forms: Foris (1,238), Foriș (37), Foriş (6), Fóriš (1) & Fóris (758) are calculated separately.
Foriš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foriš Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foriš is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Foris, Foriș, Foriş, Fóriš or Fóris. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foriš? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foriš is the 1,152,132nd most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Foriš are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Foriš is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 33,775. In Slovakia it is primarily found in: Prešov Region, where 89 percent live, Košice Region, where 6 percent live and Bratislava Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Slovakia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 18 percent live and Czechia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Foriš
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