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 occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Föhr? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 216,830th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,851,768 people. Föhr is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Föhr are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,116 people, or 1 in 72,138. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 39 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 31 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Germany it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 38 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Föhr
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