Foner is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Foner
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Foner

How popular is Foner?

Foner is ranked 843366 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Foner bearers increased by 0.6944444 per cent in 2010 US census to 145 since 2000, the surname slipped by 6541 spots and ranked at 119508. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.41 97.22
Black 5.52 0
Foner is a very rare surname, few people in United States have the family name and might be arised from United States. Around 206 people have been found who wears Foner as their family name. Few people around the world have Foner as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
212,166 Canada9
615,517 Russia6
10,762 Hungary3
723,167 Indonesia2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
4,171 Rwanda1
118,015 Netherlands1
49,529 Israel1
Countries with hundreds of Foner:
118,738 United States182

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bernard Foner worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Geo. Washington and arrived on April 24, 1851. Catherine Foner (18), are others that migrated to US.

Foner Namesakes

  • Eric Foner, Historian
  • Moe Foner, Labor leader
  • Eric Foner, Historian
  • Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, Screenwriter
  • Eric Foner, Historian
  • Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, Screenwriter

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