Fosforo Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Fosforo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fosforo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Fósforo (1) are calculated separately.

Fosforo Last Name Facts

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

Fosforo is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Fósforo. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fosforo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Fosforo is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Fosforo reside; 67 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent reside in Italic Europe.

Fosforo is most frequently held in Italy, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 15,289,172. In Italy Fosforo is primarily found in: Piedmont, where 75 percent live and Lombardy, where 25 percent live. Outside of Italy this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 17 percent live and Chile, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fósforo951/
Foforo921/
Foforos861/
Faforo777/
Fasfarro671/
Fafora626/
Fafaro622/
Fofara621/
Fofarah571/
Fafarou571/
Fasfara571/
Fahfarou531/
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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 Fosforo
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