Fouche Surname
Approximately 14,080 people bear this surname
Fouche Surname Definition:
“Army Leader”. French version of German Volker (Fulcher).
Read More About This SurnameFouche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9,298 | 1:5,827 | 741 |
| France | 2,258 | 1:29,417 | 3,598 |
| United States | 1,664 | 1:217,824 | 21,189 |
| Australia | 145 | 1:186,177 | 18,652 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| England | 124 | 1:449,339 | 29,774 |
| Haiti | 65 | 1:164,368 | 6,850 |
| Namibia | 50 | 1:48,188 | 6,016 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 145 | 1:346,336 | 26,593 |
The alternate forms: Fouché (4,766), Fouchë (10) & Fouchè (6) are calculated separately.
Fouche (125) may also be a first name.
Fouche Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Army Leader”. French version of German Volker (Fulcher).
User-submitted Reference
Origin: France, Germany.
Meaning: reaper or mower.
Some Fouches emigrated to America in the 1600s.
- mikeydinoFouche Demographics
Average Fouche Salary in
United States
$41,434 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Fouche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fouche Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fouche is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Fouché, Fouchë or Fouchè. For other potential spellings of Fouche click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fouche? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 37,384th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 517,581 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Fouche live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 832,731st most common first name globally, held by 125 people.
The last name Fouche is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 9,298 people, or 1 in 5,827. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 34 percent live, Western Cape, where 16 percent live and North West, where 11 percent live. Apart from South Africa it is found in 59 countries. It is also found in France, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Fouche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fouche has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fouche last name rose 1,148 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 6,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fouche Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Fouche are 6.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.94% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Fouche earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.38% more than the national average, earning 485,822 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 67.1% more than the national average, earning R 397,104 per year; in United States they earn 3.97% less than the national average, earning $41,434 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.61% less than the national average, earning $40,436 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
Fouche Reference & Research
FOUCHE FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Fouche
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis