Fouw Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1251:1,057,99476,813
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fouw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fouw is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fouw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,359,010th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. Fouw occurs mostly in Oceania, where 65 percent of Fouw reside; 65 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 65 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

It is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 1,057,994. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 83 percent are found, Maluku, where 16 percent are found and West Papua, where 1 percent are found. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fouwe894/
Fow86369/
Fuw8638/
Fowe75802/
Fowa75478/
Fuwe7525/
Fouf7521/
Feuw758/
Foiw755/
Fauw754/
Fohw754/
Vfow753/
Foub752/
Fuyw752/
Fuws751/
Fuwz751/
Hfuw751/
Fowt751/
Fowh751/
Foew750/
Pfow750/
Feuwe6738/
Fauwe6717/
Foowe6715/
Pfuwe6712/
Foufe678/
Fouft677/
Fouff673/
Foutf673/
Fuyew671/
Fosww671/
Fujaw671/
Fowtt671/
Fuyow671/
Fowth670/
Fuchw670/

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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 Fouw
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