Fossy Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Fossy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 112 | 1:593,060 | 78,954 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23 | 1:1,059,799 | 41,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Fossy (524) may also be a first name.
Fossy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fossy occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fossy is the 1,484,726th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Fossy live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Fossy is also the 368,711th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 524 people.
The last name Fossy is most widely held in France, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 593,060. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 46 percent live, Réunion, where 38 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 8 percent live. Aside from France it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Venezuela, where 3 percent live.
Fossy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fossy has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Fossy surname fell 74 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 64 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 Fossy
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