Foust Surname

33,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Foust Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foust Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,8161:22,9172,874
France261:2,554,720189,486
Norway81:642,78647,258
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Grenada11:108,5351,793
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3151:15,1491,947

Foust (29) may also be a first name.

Foust Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foust (Russian: Фоуст) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Foust click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foust? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 33,400th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 458,135 people. The last name Foust is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Foust are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Foust is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.

The surname Foust is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 15,816 people, or 1 in 22,917. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 10 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found and Tennessee, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Foust Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foust has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foust surname increased 477 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foust Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foust last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with the party.

The amount Foust earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 68.29% more than the national average, earning 582,424 kr per year; in Peru they earn 55.65% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,597 per year and in United States they earn 9.42% less than the national average, earning $39,084 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fouste9175/
Fouest912/
Fhoust910/
Pfoust910/
Foutst910/
Fousht910/
Fust892,873/
Fout892,793/
Fous89879/
Fost89619/
Faust8044,905/
Fouts807,643/
Fuste802,682/
Fouet802,249/
Fouse801,763/
Fuest801,340/
Pfost80873/
Foush80808/
Foute80661/
Fouss80533/
Foist80446/
Foste80307/
Fuhst80241/
Fouth80197/
Foest80181/
Foult8068/
Fuist8026/
Fosth8024/
Foost8012/
Foutt8012/
Foszt8011/
Foyst8010/
Feust803/
Fuust803/
Fousp802/
Foues802/
Fusts802/
Fosst801/
Fusst801/
Fustz801/
Fouët801/
Fouhs801/
Fouds800/
Pfous800/
Pfout800/
Fos752,680/
Fot751,650/
Fus751,164/
Fou75606/
Fut75323/
Foutch732,505/
Fousse73934/
Fauste73406/
Pfouts73281/
Fauszt73273/
Foucht73113/
Fouyet7393/
Foutts7384/
Fouthe7358/
Foscht7355/
Fousch7340/
Fouhse7336/
Foutse7331/
Fayout7322/
Fouete7319/
Fostås7314/
Fajout7311/
Foushe7310/
Foehst737/
Faustt737/
Fausts737/
Foutht736/
Faouet734/
Fouyat734/
Fayous733/
Fajous732/
Fauest732/
Pfoute731/
Feuste731/
Fausth731/
Fostch731/
Foiste731/
Foutte731/
Fustte731/
Fuscht731/
Foyste731/
Foushd731/
Foutsp731/
Fouyas731/
Fudsht731/
Ffoush731/
Fhouet731/
Fouths730/
Fouttz730/
Foesst730/
Fouett730/
Feusst730/
Pfaust730/
Foutsh730/
Fousce730/
Fuse6735,550/
Foss6729,860/
Fast6717,740/
Fois679,909/
Foot677,156/
Fuss675,608/
Fute675,276/
Foos674,954/
Foth674,152/
Faus673,751/
Fouz673,273/
Fuhs673,271/
Foit672,372/
Foud672,036/
Fojt671,847/
Fote671,181/
Fose671,166/
Faut671,148/
Foes67799/
Fujs67671/
Foyt67550/
Fosh67537/
Foux67472/
Fousová67396/
Fusz67379/
Foht67353/
Fush67352/
Fuit67347/
Vost67342/
Fohs67294/
Foisset67262/
Fues67227/
Fouh67182/
Fott67175/
Feus67170/
Foue67166/
Fuis67139/
Futh67133/
Foet67128/
Vust67121/
Fouj6798/
Füst6776/
Fods6745/
Foxs6744/
Foys6737/
Fojs6735/
Fuzs6731/
Fostova6726/
Foutche6724/
Fujt6724/
Fult6722/
Feut6722/
Fuys6720/
Futt6717/
Fuot6717/
Fouette6716/
Fustova6715/
Fuxs6714/
Fuos6712/
Fausstt6712/
Fuyt679/
Fosz677/
Fots677/
Fuus675/
Fouy674/
Foschth674/
Foïs674/
Fhos673/
Fousova673/
Fuut673/
Hfou673/
Fousche672/
Foxt672/
Foshddt672/
Fosx672/
Fuet672/
Ffou672/
Faustte672/
Fošt672/
Fouyate672/
Fhut672/
Hfot672/
Pfou671/
Fotd671/
Foujath671/
Fuht671/
Fusp671/
Fouthch671/
Fohu671/
Foisett671/
Foup671/
Fosj671/
Fgus671/
Pfos671/
Faustch671/
Feuscht671/
Ffus671/
Fusd671/
Fusj671/
Vfot671/
Vfos671/
Fozs671/
Fozt671/
Fotp671/
Fosp671/
Fhus671/
Fusx671/
Foisstt670/
Foutsch670/
Fouchts670/
Faussst670/
Fayaust670/

Foust Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Foust in the Russian language
Фоустfoust-

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Foust Reference & Research

Faust/Foust FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Faust/Foust FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Forest FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Foust
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