Föhr Surname
Approximately 1,892 people bear this surname
Föhr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,116 | 1:72,138 | 9,149 |
| Finland | 727 | 1:7,561 | 1,188 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Föhr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Föhr Come From? nationality or country of origin
Föhr is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Föhr? popularity and diffusion
Föhr is the 216,830th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,851,768 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Föhr live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,116 people, or 1 in 72,138. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 39 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 31 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Excluding Germany Föhr occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 38 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Föhr
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