Fosum Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Fosum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fošum (88) are calculated separately.
Fosum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fosum is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Fošum. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Fosum occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Fosum live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 6,978,905. Barring Bulgaria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fošum | 93 | 88 | / |
| Fossum | 91 | 5,982 | / |
| Foosum | 91 | 7 | / |
| Fosoum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Foschum | 83 | 90 | / |
| Fossoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fosseum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vosum | 80 | 32 | / |
| Fesum | 80 | 2 | / |
| Focum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fasum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fusum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foussoum | 77 | 3 | / |
| Fosumova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fassum | 73 | 37 | / |
| Futsum | 73 | 29 | / |
| Fossom | 73 | 24 | / |
| Fossun | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fahsum | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fosung | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fousom | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fatsum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fasume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fessum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foisom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fausum | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foussom | 67 | 208 | / |
| Fossung | 67 | 142 | / |
| Fossoun | 67 | 67 | / |
| Fassoum | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fessoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fochoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fashoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fosuhne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phosium | 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
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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 Fosum
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