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 last name Phoster is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phoster? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Phoster is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Phoster reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 583,008th most common first name on earth, borne by 236 people.
It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Without taking into account Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 6 percent are found.
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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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