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
Foros Political Affiliation
in Russia
Russia
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Foros Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foros Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foros (Russian: Форос) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Forõs. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foros? popularity and diffusion
The last name Foros is the 488,996th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,748,593 people. The last name Foros occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Foros reside; 76 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 63 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Foros is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent forename at a global level It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 124,379. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 72 percent reside, Odessa Oblast, where 7 percent reside and Cherkasy Oblast, where 4 percent reside. Other than Ukraine it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 11 percent reside and Greece, where 10 percent reside.
Foros Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (94%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Foros are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national 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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