Fostere Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Fostere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Fosteré (1) are calculated separately.
Fostere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fostere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fostere occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Fosteré. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fostere? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fostere is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Fostere are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name Fostere is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Kentucky, where 50 percent are found and Maryland, where 50 percent are found. Other than The United States Fostere exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent are found.
Fostere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fostere has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fostere surname grew 200 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 Fostere
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