Foça Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Foça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey441:1,768,66964,663
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Foca (3,243) & Focá (2) are calculated separately.

Foça Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foça is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Foca or Focá. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foça? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Foça reside; 48 percent reside in West Asia and 48 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,768,669. In Turkey Foça is primarily concentrated in: Izmir Province, where 36 percent reside, Canakkale Province, where 30 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 30 percent reside. Barring Turkey Foça is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foca923,243/
Focá832/
Fosa751,420/
Foza75376/
Foxa7535/
Faça7519/
Fossa674,578/
Focsa674,019/
Fotsa67991/
Foisa67591/
Fouza67503/
Fosha67332/
Focşa67237/
Focșa67213/
Fozza6796/
Focha6792/
Foica6763/
Fosah6754/
Fosas6750/
Fousa6731/
Fosap6730/
Focia6724/
Fozai6722/
Fouca6718/
Focea6717/
Fosaa6716/
Fozah6714/
Fosia6713/
Fosay6710/
Fohsa678/
Foosa674/
Fozay673/
Foiza673/
Foyza672/
Fozea672/
Fosai671/
Fosza671/
Fooza671/
Fojsa671/
Fuoza671/
Fosea670/

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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 Foça
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