Fosseide Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Fosseide Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fosseide Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway811:63,4859,023
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fosseide Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fosseide is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fosseide.

How Common Is The Last Name Fosseide? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fosseide is the 2,075,631st most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Fosseide live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 63,485. In Norway it is most numerous in: Central Norway, where 49 percent reside, Western Norway, where 37 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 9 percent reside. Besides Norway it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Fosseide Last Name Statistics demography

Fosseide earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 22.85% less than the national average, earning 267,015 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foseide9334/
Fuoseidei8218/
Fouseidei8210/
Faseyide7538/
Fusseder7534/
Fussider750/
Fasede717/
Faside715/
Fasheyide711/
Fosade711/
Fashide676/
Vossade674/
Fassade673/
Fassidi673/
Fosedei673/
Fessidi671/
Foisade671/
Faceide671/
Fussidi671/
Fasider670/

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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 Fosseide
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