Phoster Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Phoster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Phoster (236) may also be a first name.
Phoster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phoster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phoster is found most in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phoster? popularity and diffusion
The last name Phoster is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Phoster live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phoster is also the 583,008th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 236 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Apart from Malawi this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 13 percent live and Bulgaria, where 6 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
- 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 Phoster
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