Föster Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Föster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 131 | 1:614,545 | 48,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Foster (452,538) are calculated separately.
Föster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Föster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Föster occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Foster. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Föster? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Föster reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 614,545. In Germany Föster is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent reside, Bavaria, where 1 percent reside and Berlin, where 1 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster | 94 | 452,538 | / |
| Föste | 91 | 389 | / |
| Fester | 83 | 4,439 | / |
| Faster | 83 | 331 | / |
| Vöster | 83 | 29 | / |
| Fäster | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fostier | 77 | 1,486 | / |
| Feuster | 77 | 392 | / |
| Fastier | 77 | 235 | / |
| Foester | 77 | 142 | / |
| Pfoster | 77 | 133 | / |
| Foshter | 77 | 36 | / |
| Faester | 77 | 28 | / |
| Festter | 77 | 21 | / |
| Fosteer | 77 | 15 | / |
| Fosterr | 77 | 15 | / |
| Fostter | 77 | 14 | / |
| Fosther | 77 | 13 | / |
| Fosster | 77 | 11 | / |
| Festher | 77 | 9 | / |
| Pfester | 77 | 4 | / |
| Feshter | 77 | 3 | / |
| Fasther | 77 | 2 | / |
| Feester | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fasster | 77 | 1 | / |
| Festeer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ffoster | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fuister | 77 | 0 | / |
| Feste | 73 | 559 | / |
| Foste | 73 | 307 | / |
| Faste | 73 | 127 | / |
| Vöste | 73 | 21 | / |
| Fäste | 73 | 19 | / |
| Pfeuster | 71 | 17 | / |
| Foesster | 71 | 10 | / |
| Feschter | 71 | 9 | / |
| D'Foster | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fhesther | 71 | 1 | / |
| Feusther | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pfeester | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vester | 67 | 7,523 | / |
| Voster | 67 | 1,457 | / |
| Festeu | 67 | 353 | / |
| Foeste | 67 | 131 | / |
| Vaster | 67 | 120 | / |
| Fostey | 67 | 69 | / |
| Festey | 67 | 63 | / |
| Väster | 67 | 61 | / |
| Fostei | 67 | 56 | / |
| Festei | 67 | 41 | / |
| Fastie | 67 | 39 | / |
| Faeste | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fostie | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fostej | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fostir | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fostea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fostee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fazter | 67 | 3 | / |
| Feuste | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fezter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faaste | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fosteh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fosteu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fozter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feshte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fastee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Festte | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Föster
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