Fostes Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Fostes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Fostes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fostes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fostes occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fostes? popularity and diffusion
Fostes is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fostes are found; 77 percent are found in South America and 77 percent are found in Luso-South America.
This surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil Fostes is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 30 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 20 percent reside and Federal District, where 10 percent reside. Beside Brazil this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside.
Fostes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fostes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 70 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 Fostes
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