Founas Surname
Approximately 2,253 people bear this surname
Founas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,711 | 1:22,578 | 4,120 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| France | 123 | 1:540,022 | 73,838 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Founas (11) may also be a first name.
Founas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Founas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Founas is most common in Algeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Founas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 187,801st most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,234,597 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Founas live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 1,711 people, or 1 in 22,578. In Algeria Founas is most numerous in: Sétif Province, where 59 percent live, El Oued Province, where 21 percent live and Guelma Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Algeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 17 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.
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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 Founas
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