Fossili Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Fossili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fossili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fossili Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fossili is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fossili? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Fossili live; 63 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 63 percent live in Italic Europe.

The surname Fossili is most frequently used in Italy, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 6,115,669. In Italy it is most prevalent in: Lombardy, where 60 percent live, Lazio, where 30 percent live and Emilia-Romagna, where 10 percent live. Not including Italy this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fosili922/
Fossile86533/
Fosseli8688/
Fassili8611/
Fessili866/
Foscili864/
Fossicelli822/
Fassilis8045/
Fosselie8040/
Foussila8014/
Fosselia809/
Fossiles801/
Fesili77544/
Fasili77364/
Fosile7728/
Fusili774/
Fozili773/
Fosuli771/
Vosili771/
Vassili71746/
Fasilis71321/
Faasili71177/
Fassile7137/
Fossele7110/
Fassily7110/
Fassila715/
Foseliy715/
Fassitelli714/
Fasseli714/
Fasilia712/
Fussile712/
Vessili711/
Fousila711/
Fossela711/
Fusseli710/
Fusilia710/
Fascilia6710/
Fosseler678/
Fassileh671/
Fasselie671/
Fasilich671/
Fuisilia670/

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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 Fossili
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