The Foyer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 148 people carried this name — #117,480 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 145 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 254 people named Foyer.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Foyer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Foyer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Foyer 1886–1944 · architect
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Marcel Foyer 1921–2000 · architect
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Jean Foyer 1921–2008 · politician
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Christine Foyer 1952– · biologist
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Mats Foyer 1954– · diplomat
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Sika Foyer 1968– · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Foyer.
- Fournier 14,449 · U.S. census
- Fourre 117 · U.S. census
- Fourt 101 · U.S. census
- Foux 192 · U.S. census
- Fox 152,334 · U.S. census
- Foy 12,952 · U.S. census
- Fracassi 313 · U.S. census
- Fracchia 182 · U.S. census
- Frackowiak 119 · U.S. census
- Frade 322 · U.S. census
- Fradin 247 · U.S. census
- Frago 215 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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