Fosia Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Fosia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Fosia (5,157) may also be a first name.
Fosia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fosia is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fosia is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Fosia occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Fosia live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Fosia is also the 94,373rd most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 5,157 people.
The surname Fosia is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Wajir County, where 67 percent are found, Garissa County, where 17 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Algeria, where 8 percent are found.
Fosia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fosia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fosia last name contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Fosia
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