Fotiadou Surname

148,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,977 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Fotiadou Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Greek word for 'fire'.

Fotiadou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2,8521:3,885367
Cyprus511:17,3512,010
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Fotiadou Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Greek word for 'fire'.

- panjita

Fotiadou Last Name Facts

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

Fotiadou (Russian: Фотиадоу) occurs most in Greece. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fotiadou? popularity and diffusion

Fotiadou is the 148,508th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,447,950 people. The last name Fotiadou occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fotiadou live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 2,852 people, or 1 in 3,885. In Greece it is most common in: Central Macedonia, where 50 percent reside, Attica, where 21 percent reside and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Cyprus, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fotiadu9352/
Fotiado932/
Fotiadoy881/
Fotiadoo881/
Photiadou8237/
Voutiadou821/
Fotiadi80747/
Fotiade807/
Fotiadhi7520/
Vitiadou751/
Fotiadia751/
Fotiadas751/
Fatiad715/
Fatchidou711/
Futyado6784/
Fatiadi6733/
Fatiatu671/
Vutiada531/

Fotiadou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fotiadou in the Russian language
Фотиадоуfotiadou-

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