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
Format occurs most in Israel. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Format? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,674,734th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Format are found; 21 percent are found in West Asia and 19 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Format is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 63 people.
This last name is most frequent in Israel, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 372,071. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Tel Aviv District, where 35 percent live, Central District, where 26 percent live and Haifa District, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Israel it exists in 33 countries. It is also found 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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