Viroux Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Viroux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 465 | 1:24,724 | 3,907 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Viroux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Viroux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Viroux is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Viroux? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 598,302nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Viroux are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Viroux is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 465 people, or 1 in 24,724. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 72 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 15 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Viroux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Viroux has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Viroux last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Viroux
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