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

Foye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻓﻲ) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as: Foyé. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 105,809^th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,647,648 people. The last name Foye is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Foye reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 204,934^th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 1,449 people.

Foye is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 2,890 people, or 1 in 125,418. In The United States Foye is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 14 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 11 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States Foye occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Foye Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Foye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Foye surname rose 532 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 78 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 129 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foye Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States Foye are 11.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.2% registered with the party.

The amount Foye earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.2% less than the national average, earning R 161,112 per year; in United States they earn 1.91% more than the national average, earning $43,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.25% more than the national average, earning $52,788 CAD per year.