Fouvy Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Fouvy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fouvy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland821:100,15810,705
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
France151:4,428,181244,602
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Fouvy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fouvy is most common in Switzerland. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fouvy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Fouvy is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Fouvy are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 100,158. In Switzerland Fouvy is most common in: Canton of Vaud, where 70 percent live and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 30 percent live. Barring Switzerland it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 15 percent live and France, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fauvy80110/
Fouva803/
Fouby803/
Fouve802/
Fovey800/
Fouvet73180/
Fouvez7389/
Fauvey7375/
Foubay737/
Phouvy733/
Fouvie731/
Fouved731/
Fovaya731/
Fobouy731/
Pfouby730/
Favy67151/
Foby67143/
Fuve6795/
Fove6771/
Fovi6764/
Fuva6726/
Fabouyi676/
Fuvi675/
Fové673/
Fuby673/
Fuvj672/
Fouyabe672/
Foevaya672/
Foiovyi671/
Fouyabi671/
Vouvhay671/
Fowy670/

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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 Fouvy
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