Fotas Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Fotas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 84 | 1:131,902 | 21,973 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Fotas (14) may also be a first name.
Fotas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fotas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fotas is more frequently found in Greece than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fotas? popularity and diffusion
Fotas is the 1,894,523rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. Fotas is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Fotas are found; 88 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Fotas is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name worldwide, held by 14 people.
Fotas is most frequent in Greece, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 131,902. In Greece Fotas is most numerous in: Thessaly, where 65 percent are found, Attica, where 25 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Greece it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Fotas
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