Fostyak Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Fostyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fostyak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia321:4,503,846209,401
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Fostyak Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fostyak Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fostyak (Russian: Фостяк) has its highest incidence in Russia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fostyak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fostyak is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Fostyak is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Fostyak are found; 53 percent are found in North Asia and 53 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 4,503,846. In Russia it is mostly found in: Kamchatka Krai, where 34 percent reside, Orenburg Oblast, where 34 percent reside and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Russia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 3 percent reside and Portugal, where 3 percent reside.

Fostyak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (36%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fostiak86697/
Fatyak7710/
Fotyakova7510/
Voytyak7130/
Vestyak717/
Vustyak714/
Voytyakh6710/
Fatyakova6311/
Fatiak6231/
Fatyakhova592/
Fatihak5714/
Photyok574/
Vastyák572/
Fusteac572/
Fathyac571/
Fattyakhova5625/
Photijak5320/
Vostiňák538/
Phothijak50191/

Fostyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fostyak in the Russian language
Фостякfostak-

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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 Fostyak
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