Fostain Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Fostain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Fostain (56) may also be a first name.
Fostain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fostain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fostain is found most frequently in France. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fostain? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fostain is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Fostain are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fostain is also the 1,321,957th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 56 people.
The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. In France Fostain is primarily found in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 50 percent reside and Occitanie, where 50 percent reside. Beside France this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 40 percent reside and Belarus, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Fostain
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