Fovie Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Fovie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fovie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1681:1,054,42144,098
Ivory Coast531:435,30614,482
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Fovie (27) may also be a first name.

Fovie Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fovie is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fovie.

How Common Is The Last Name Fovie? popularity and diffusion

Fovie is the 1,088,856th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Fovie reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fovie is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 27 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 1,054,421. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 95 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fovier9135/
Fouvie911/
Fove8971/
Fovi8964/
Fovet80825/
Fobie80360/
Favie80144/
Foibe80138/
Fovez80124/
Foovi8043/
Foved8030/
Fowie8024/
Fovis8021/
Foive8021/
Fevie809/
Fover808/
Fovio803/
Foevi803/
Fouve802/
Fovji802/
Fovea801/
Fosve801/
Fovey800/
Favier7315,513/
Fouvet73180/
Faviez73119/
Fauvie7398/
Fouvez7389/
Fovisz7312/
Fowier734/
Fgovea734/
Foevoi734/
Fawoie733/
Fobiet732/
Favies731/
Fotvhi731/
Faviet731/
Favoie731/
Vovoie731/
Fowies731/
Fouved731/
Fovesh730/
Fohver730/
Foobie730/
Phovie730/
Favi672,424/
Fobi672,343/
Fave672,285/
Feve67805/
Fowe67802/
Fobe67649/
Vovi67175/
Fevi67133/
Vove6795/
Fève679/
Fauvier673/
Fové673/
Fowi673/
Favijee671/
Foubieh671/
Fouveia671/

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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 Fovie
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