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Where Does The Last Name Foy Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Foy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻲ, Russian: Фой) occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foy? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 18,186^th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 240,204 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Foy live; 59 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 139,411^th most numerous forename globally It is held by 2,749 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 16,798 people, or 1 in 21,578. In The United States Foy is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 8 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 84 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Foy Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Foy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Foy surname rose 465 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 212 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 118 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 198 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 219 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foy Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Foy last name is primarily Catholic (89%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Foy surname are 9.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.39% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Foy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 184.02% more than the national average, earning S/. 55,058 per year; in South Africa they earn 40.83% less than the national average, earning R 140,616 per year; in United States they earn 1.11% more than the national average, earning $43,628 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.69% more than the national average, earning $51,518 CAD per year.