Fosburg Surname

825,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fosburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fosburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3311:1,095,04279,381
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

Fosburg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fosburg Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fosburg is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fosburg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fosburg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 825,152nd most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. The last name Fosburg is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Fosburg live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 331 people, or 1 in 1,095,042. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 27 percent are found, Washington, where 11 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent are found.

Fosburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fosburg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fosburg surname rose 453 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fosburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fosburg surname are 26.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.17% being registered to vote for the party.

Fosburg earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.62% less than the national average, earning $42,451 USD per year.

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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 Fosburg
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