Fosness Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

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

Fosness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fosness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2631:1,378,17195,481
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Fosness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fosness occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fosness.

How Common Is The Last Name Fosness? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 975,866th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. The surname Fosness occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Fosness reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 263 people, or 1 in 1,378,171. In The United States it is most prevalent in: North Dakota, where 11 percent are found, South Dakota, where 5 percent are found and Michigan, where 4 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.

Fosness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fosness has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 26,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fosness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fosness last name are 10.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.06% registered with the political party.

Fosness earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.77% less than the national average, earning $40,227 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foosness9329/
Fossness934/
Fosnes92146/
Foness926/
Fossnes86282/
Foosnes8623/
Fooness861/
Fogness860/
Fones831,844/
Founes77872/
Foynes77285/
Fonnes77242/
Fosnea7780/
Fosner7769/
Vosnes7714/
Foneas774/
Fonets774/
Fonese773/
Fonges773/
Voness773/
Foines772/
Faness771/
Foneis771/
Fonezs771/
Fonest771/
Fosney770/
Fosgne770/
Foniss770/
Fone733,298/
Foisner71148/
Foisnet71102/
Foszner7155/
Fonnest7147/
Fossner7133/
Vonness7125/
Vonhess7122/
Faaness7118/
Fossnie715/
Fanesse712/
Fosnett711/
Foysner711/
Founies711/
Fonnesh711/
Foshney710/
Foosner710/
Fotsner710/
Fotnest710/
Foune67987/
Fonge67512/
Fonne67301/
Fanes67259/
Foner67232/
Vones67211/
Fogne67184/
Foney67170/
Foissner67135/
Fohne6790/
Foine6762/
Fonea6753/
Foyne6751/
Vosne6750/
Fonje6739/
Fotne6726/
Foone6721/
Fomne6713/
Fonex6713/
Fonhe679/
Fasne679/
Foneh678/
Fonet676/
Fosingne674/
Fonie673/
Fonez672/
Fhone671/
Vonheuss671/
Fonei671/
Foiszner671/
Photness671/
Vfone671/
Foned671/
Fonesová671/
Vonhessz671/
Vausness670/

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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 Fosness
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