Foyain Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Foyain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 396 | 1:40,166 | 4,268 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Foyaín (1) are calculated separately.
Foyain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foyain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foyain is borne by more people in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Foyaín. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foyain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 718,674th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Foyain reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 98 percent reside in Andean South America.
This surname is most frequently used in Ecuador, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 40,166. In Ecuador it is primarily found in: Guayas Province, where 43 percent live, Los Ríos Province, where 25 percent live and El Oro Province, where 19 percent live. Outside of Ecuador this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Colombia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foyaín | 94 | 1 | / |
| Fouaing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fouin | 73 | 657 | / |
| Fouyn | 73 | 81 | / |
| Feain | 73 | 54 | / |
| Fauin | 73 | 3 | / |
| Faein | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faijin | 67 | 264 | / |
| Fouina | 67 | 171 | / |
| Fouine | 67 | 133 | / |
| Faiyin | 67 | 51 | / |
| Fayein | 67 | 14 | / |
| Fouyim | 67 | 13 | / |
| Feiyin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fouaim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Feyjin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Viyain | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fouint | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fajain | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fouyne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fayaim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foiyen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faijén | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faijen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fayyin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fahyin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fajjin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Foyain
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