Format Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Format Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Format (63) may also be a first name.
Format Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Format Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Format is more commonly found in Israel than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Format? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,674,734th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name Format is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Format reside; 21 percent reside in West Asia and 19 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 63 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 372,071. In Israel Format is most numerous in: Tel Aviv District, where 35 percent live, Central District, where 26 percent live and Haifa District, where 13 percent live. Outside of Israel Format exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent live and Italy, where 8 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 Format
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