Distribution of the name 'Foster'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Foster' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Foster'
In the UK there are 15.822 phone book entries with the surname Foster and approximately 68.904 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Foster is the 82. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in West Yorkshire: 1.505.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Lancashire (1.205), Greater London (967), West Midlands (758), Kent (564), Hampshire (540), North Yorkshire (537), Essex (443), Tyne and Wear (388), as well as Greater Manchester (388).
The following surnames sound like Foster: Factory, Fewster, Foyster, Fixter, Factor, Foister, Faggetter, Feaster, Fester, Fiicter, Fister, Fuster, Faster, Fuchter, Figtree, Fichter, Fctry, Fastar, Factair, Fagetter, Faktor, Fasthire, Fstair, Fixador, Fosteri, Fstro, Faester, Faceter, Factorway, Fechter.
The distribution of the name 'Foster' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Foster in the counties
| West Yorkshire - The surname Foster is is the 47. most common name - 1.505 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Foster is is the 42. most common name - 1.205 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Foster is is the 119. most common name - 967 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Foster is is the 70. most common name - 758 persons |
| Kent - The surname Foster is is the 75. most common name - 564 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Foster is is the 73. most common name - 540 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Foster is is the 34. most common name - 537 persons |
| Essex - The surname Foster is is the 79. most common name - 443 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Foster is is the 66. most common name - 388 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Foster is is the 171. most common name - 388 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Foster is the 41. most common name - 375 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Foster is the 97. most common name - 372 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Foster is the 84. most common name - 370 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Foster is the 69. most common name - 351 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Foster is the 81. most common name - 333 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Foster is the 78. most common name - 318 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Foster is the 52. most common name - 315 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Foster is the 94. most common name - 314 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Foster is the 57. most common name - 309 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Foster is the 43. most common name - 306 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Foster is the 73. most common name - 299 persons |
| Durham - The surname Foster is the 37. most common name - 285 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Foster is the 102. most common name - 266 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Foster is the 192. most common name - 239 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Foster is the 85. most common name - 236 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Foster is the 101. most common name - 233 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Foster is the 62. most common name - 232 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Foster is the 68. most common name - 232 persons |
| Central - The surname Foster is the 507. most common name - 224 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Foster is the 70. most common name - 221 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Foster is is the 110. most common name - 194 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Foster is is the 110. most common name - 167 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Foster is is the 88. most common name - 138 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Foster is is the 103. most common name - 133 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Foster is is the 376. most common name - 132 persons |
| Devon - The surname Foster is is the 195. most common name - 127 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Foster is is the 179. most common name - 125 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Foster is is the 88. most common name - 116 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Foster is is the 349. most common name - 115 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Foster is is the 108. most common name - 114 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Foster is is the 168. most common name - 111 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Foster is is the 135. most common name - 107 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Foster is is the 105. most common name - 104 persons |
| Fife - The surname Foster is is the 315. most common name - 96 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Foster is is the 73. most common name - 83 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Foster is is the 184. most common name - 81 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Foster is is the 199. most common name - 77 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Foster is is the 28. most common name - 70 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Foster is is the 186. most common name - 63 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Foster is is the 494. most common name - 63 persons |
| County Down - The surname Foster is is the 240. most common name - 53 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Foster is is the 284. most common name - 51 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Foster is is the 107. most common name - 50 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Foster is is the 63. most common name - 49 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Foster is is the 142. most common name - 41 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Foster is is the 15. most common name - 29 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Foster is is the 270. most common name - 29 persons |
| Highland - The surname Foster is is the 258. most common name - 28 persons |
| Borders - The surname Foster is is the 132. most common name - 23 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Foster is is the 297. most common name - 21 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Foster is is the 139. most common name - 20 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Foster is is the 316. most common name - 14 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Foster is is the 265. most common name - 13 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Foster is is the 114. most common name - 13 persons |
| Powys - The surname Foster is is the 314. most common name - 12 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Foster is is the 201. most common name - 10 persons |
| Avon - The surname Foster is is the 304. most common name - 8 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Foster is is the 743. most common name - 6 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Foster is is the 2447. most common name - 5 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Foster is is the 107. most common name - 5 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Foster is is the 837. most common name - 1 person |
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