Foros Surname
Approximately 678 people bear this surname
Foros Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 366 | 1:124,379 | 17,596 |
| Moldova | 74 | 1:48,127 | 7,050 |
| Greece | 68 | 1:162,938 | 26,592 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| Norway | 37 | 1:138,981 | 17,684 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Forõs (1) are calculated separately.
Foros (35) may also be a first name.
Foros Demographics
Average Foros Salary in
Norway
380,526 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Foros Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foros Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foros (Russian: Форос) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Forõs. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foros? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 488,996th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,748,593 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Foros reside; 76 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 63 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 35 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 124,379. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 72 percent are found, Odessa Oblast, where 7 percent are found and Cherkasy Oblast, where 4 percent are found. Barring Ukraine this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 11 percent are found and Greece, where 10 percent are found.
Foros Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Foros surname is predominantly Orthodox (94%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Foros last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Foros earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 9.95% more than the national average, earning 380,526 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foros Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foros in the Russian language | ||
| Форос | foros | - |
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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 Foros
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