Foterek Surname

668,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Foterek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foterek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland3801:100,02315,242
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Ireland161:294,30910,207
France91:7,380,302306,885
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Foterek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foterek is found in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foterek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 668,257th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,266,844 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Foterek reside; 85 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 85 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 100,023. Not including Poland this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 7 percent live and Ireland, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fotorek861/
Fotherick750/
Feterik7172/
Feterík712/
Feterick6728/
Fetterick6313/
Vettereck638/
Voittarek631/
Fatorik574/
Vatareck536/
Vetterick50249/

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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 Foterek
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