Föhst Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Föhst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 96 | 1:838,599 | 60,830 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
Föhst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Föhst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Föhst has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Föhst? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Föhst occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Föhst are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Föhst is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 838,599. In Germany Föhst is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent reside, Bavaria, where 21 percent reside and Hesse, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 4 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 Föhst
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