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 is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fossy is the 1,484,726th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name globally. It is borne by 524 people.
Fossy is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 593,060. In France Fossy is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 46 percent reside, Réunion, where 38 percent reside and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 8 percent reside. Apart from France this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Venezuela, where 3 percent reside.
Fossy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fossy has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Fossy last name 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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