Fowks Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Peru

Fowks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fowks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:4,027,321218,060
Peru581:548,00214,762
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Fowks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fowks is found most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fowks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,380,086th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. Fowks is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Fowks reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 4,027,321. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 29 percent are found, Florida, where 20 percent are found and Missouri, where 16 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 36 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 4 percent are found.

Fowks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fowks has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 225 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fowks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fowks last name are 29.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.47% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fowks earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 27.64% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,743 per year and in United States they earn 11.99% more than the national average, earning $48,321 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fowk890/
Fowke80865/
Fawks80292/
Fewks801/
Ffowcs732/
Fawk6748/
Fowx6721/
Vowk6717/
Fowc671/
Fawke60418/
Fofkp601/

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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 Fowks
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