Fossé Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Fossé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 87 | 1:763,480 | 93,619 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Fosse (9,429) are calculated separately.
Fossé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossé Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fossé is found most in France. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Fosse. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossé? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,415,499th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Fossé live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 763,480. In France Fossé is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 36 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 30 percent are found and Occitanie, where 17 percent are found. Not including France this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fosse | 93 | 9,429 | / |
| Foussé | 91 | 3 | / |
| Fossée | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fosé | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fossi | 80 | 6,825 | / |
| Fossa | 80 | 4,578 | / |
| Fossy | 80 | 142 | / |
| Fessé | 80 | 55 | / |
| Fossá | 80 | 38 | / |
| Foses | 80 | 15 | / |
| Fosis | 80 | 12 | / |
| Fassé | 80 | 7 | / |
| Fossey | 73 | 3,866 | / |
| Fosset | 73 | 1,102 | / |
| Fousse | 73 | 934 | / |
| Foissy | 73 | 561 | / |
| Fosser | 73 | 459 | / |
| Foussi | 73 | 145 | / |
| Foussa | 73 | 142 | / |
| Fossie | 73 | 131 | / |
| Fosses | 73 | 125 | / |
| Fossøy | 73 | 116 | / |
| Fotsis | 73 | 114 | / |
| Fossez | 73 | 105 | / |
| Fossee | 73 | 92 | / |
| Fossay | 73 | 72 | / |
| Foisse | 73 | 44 | / |
| Fossaa | 73 | 39 | / |
| Fosseu | 73 | 26 | / |
| Fossoy | 73 | 14 | / |
| Fossis | 73 | 14 | / |
| Foussy | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fotssi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Foshée | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fossit | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fuosse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fosseh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fossih | 73 | 2 | / |
| Foshes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Foosse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fosshe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fossip | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fossai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fossei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fousis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fossce | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foshsa | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foessy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fossett | 67 | 2,854 | / |
| Fosa | 67 | 1,420 | / |
| Fosi | 67 | 1,268 | / |
| Fose | 67 | 1,166 | / |
| Foissey | 67 | 621 | / |
| Fousshi | 67 | 342 | / |
| Fossitt | 67 | 286 | / |
| Foisset | 67 | 262 | / |
| Fousset | 67 | 151 | / |
| Foutsis | 67 | 134 | / |
| Pfosser | 67 | 54 | / |
| Fusé | 67 | 47 | / |
| Foussie | 67 | 40 | / |
| Fossois | 67 | 30 | / |
| Fosseid | 67 | 10 | / |
| Foussai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fosshei | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fuosseu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fhosees | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fossich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fosy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Foushée | 67 | 2 | / |
| Foossie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Foussep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuossoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fasé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foissez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foyssey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foussei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fousseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouyssi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fohssie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foshess | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foushes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fosshey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fosshee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fossé
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