Fotius Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fotius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fotius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France61:11,070,454349,096
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Fotius (16) may also be a first name.

Fotius Last Name Facts

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

Fotius is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fotius? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Fotius reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Fotius is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 16 people.

Fotius is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 11,070,454. In France Fotius is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 33 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 33 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent reside. Apart from France this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent reside and Russia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fotiu91140/
Fatius835/
Votius831/
Fotieu831/
Fotgiu831/
Fetius831/
Fotoiu831/
Fotiuc831/
Foutieu7710/
Photius771/
Fatiu73220/
Fotău732/
Foutieau7146/
Faustius711/
Fatihu671,645/
Fatiou67172/
Fatieu6711/
Fathiu672/
Vatius672/
Fatiua671/
Fotyou671/
Fatiuh671/
Fatuiu671/
Fatéus671/
Voitiu671/
Fotoju671/
Fatiue671/

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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 Fotius
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