Fougère Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fougère Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fougère Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1061:626,62982,018
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Fougere (4,502) are calculated separately.

Fougère Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fougère is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Fougere. For other possible spellings of Fougère click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fougère? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,471,719th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Fougère are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Fougère is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 626,629. In France it is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 31 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 29 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account France Fougère is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 13 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fougere954,502/
Fougères9339/
Fugère92147/
Fougre9234/
Faugère8642/
Feugère8626/
Fugre8326/
Fogre8310/
Fougeres80503/
Fougeret80285/
Feugères802/
Fougiere801/
Fugere772,517/
Fouger7750/
Figère772/
Faugre771/
Fogere771/
Feugre771/
Faugere711,334/
Feugere71490/
Fouguir71170/
Fougery71103/
Fougier7173/
Fugerer7125/
Fougeri7110/
Fougera716/
Foghere714/
Foygere711/
Fungere711/
Fugeres711/
Fongere711/
Fougher710/
Fougeray671,851/
Fagre671,429/
Fuger67542/
Fougerit67281/
Foger67141/
Feugeres6786/
Faugeres6775/
Fuggerer6728/
Fougeris6710/
Féougier677/
Fogir675/
Faugiere673/
Fougerai673/
Fugir672/
Fogér671/
Faugéres671/
Feugeret671/
Fugueres671/
Fougiray670/
Fouguery670/

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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 Fougère
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