Fughs Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Fughs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fughs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Fughs Last Name Facts

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

Fughs occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fughs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Fughs is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Fughs are found; 71 percent are found in South America and 57 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil Fughs is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 50 percent reside, Paraná, where 25 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Venezuela, where 14 percent reside.

Fughs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fughs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fughs surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vughs805/
Fught803/
Fugch802/
Fighs801/
Faught734,892/
Fought731,838/
Vueghs7374/
Foughe7351/
Vaughs7337/
Voughs7319/
Feught7310/
Veughs732/
Faughd731/
Fuxs6714/
Pfaught671/
Fuhx671/
Fugx671/
Fusx671/
Vaughhs671/

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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 Fughs
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