Foso Surname
Approximately 463 people bear this surname
Foso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 277 | 1:7,338 | 1,590 |
| South Africa | 103 | 1:525,997 | 42,056 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Foso (70) may also be a first name.
Foso Demographics
Average Foso Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Foso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foso has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foso? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 652,085th most widespread surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,739,840 people. Foso occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Foso live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 70 people.
This surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 7,338. In Lesotho Foso is mostly found in: Berea District, where 39 percent are found, Maseru District, where 31 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho Foso occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Foso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Foso has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Foso Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Foso earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 28.14% less than the national average, earning R 170,772 per year and in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 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
- 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 Foso
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