Foun Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Foun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Foun (56) may also be a first name.
Foun Demographics
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Foun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foun (Russian: Фоун) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,348,199th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. Foun occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Foun live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequent first name internationally, held by 56 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 92 percent live, Kogi, where 5 percent live and Delta, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Foun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Foun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Foun surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Foun Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Foun last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Foun earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.51% more than the national average, earning $55,884 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foun in the Russian language | ||
| Фоун | foun | - |
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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 Foun
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