Fouché Surname
Approximately 4,766 people bear this surname
Fouché Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4,453 | 1:12,167 | 1,517 |
| France | 250 | 1:265,691 | 40,939 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Fouche (14,080) & Fouchè (6) are calculated separately.
Fouché (16) may also be a first name.
Fouché Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fouché Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fouché is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Fouche or Fouchè. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fouché? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fouché is the 99,341st most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,529,070 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Fouché reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 16 people.
It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 4,453 people, or 1 in 12,167. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 33 percent are found, Western Cape, where 15 percent are found and North West, where 13 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Fouché is found in 22 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 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 Fouché
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