Fosee Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Fosee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 14 | 1:145,183 | 12,726 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fosee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fosee occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosee? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fosee is the 4,772,636th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Fosee live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Fosee is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 145,183. In Lesotho Fosee is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 93 percent are found and Maseru District, where 7 percent are found. Other than Lesotho Fosee occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 6 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Fosee
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