Fostur Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Fostur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 56 | 1:1,186,120 | 124,657 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Fostur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fostur Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fostur is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fostur? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Fostur are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 1,186,120. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Grand Est, where 82 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in New Caledonia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Fostur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fostur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fostur surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fosture | 92 | 0 | / |
| Fotur | 91 | 1 | / |
| Foisture | 86 | 0 | / |
| Fostor | 83 | 50 | / |
| Festur | 83 | 18 | / |
| Foitur | 83 | 3 | / |
| Fojtur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fustur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fottur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fastaur | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fatur | 73 | 961 | / |
| Fotor | 73 | 9 | / |
| Fathur | 67 | 502 | / |
| Fatour | 67 | 498 | / |
| Foitor | 67 | 48 | / |
| Fature | 67 | 33 | / |
| Vestur | 67 | 27 | / |
| Fastor | 67 | 17 | / |
| Vastur | 67 | 17 | / |
| Voteur | 67 | 14 | / |
| Fustor | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fautur | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fojtor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fattur | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vottur | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fottor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fataur | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fostur
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