Fobah Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Fobah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 236 | 1:88,005 | 10,626 |
| Ivory Coast | 144 | 1:160,217 | 7,355 |
| Liberia | 52 | 1:84,780 | 6,985 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
Fobah (132) may also be a first name.
Fobah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fobah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fobah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fobah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fobah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 671,677th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The surname Fobah is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Fobah reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 53 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fobah is also the 807,735th most widespread first name internationally, held by 132 people.
Fobah is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 236 people, or 1 in 88,005. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 40 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 29 percent are found and Centre Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent are found and Liberia, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foubah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Fobash | 91 | 0 | / |
| Foba | 89 | 4,017 | / |
| Fouba | 80 | 1,403 | / |
| Fobay | 80 | 191 | / |
| Vobah | 80 | 87 | / |
| Fosba | 80 | 45 | / |
| Foiba | 80 | 29 | / |
| Fabah | 80 | 23 | / |
| Fobas | 80 | 10 | / |
| Fooba | 80 | 10 | / |
| Fobai | 80 | 6 | / |
| Fobha | 80 | 5 | / |
| Fohba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Foboh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Foeba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Fobat | 80 | 2 | / |
| Febah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fobho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fobad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foubai | 73 | 220 | / |
| Fabach | 73 | 76 | / |
| Fuoboh | 73 | 27 | / |
| Fabbah | 73 | 23 | / |
| Vuobah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Foubay | 73 | 7 | / |
| Foubap | 73 | 6 | / |
| Foibai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fouhba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fonpah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fobouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Feubah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foebay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foibay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ffouba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foubea | 73 | 0 | / |
| Faba | 67 | 5,732 | / |
| Fobo | 67 | 770 | / |
| Voba | 67 | 480 | / |
| Feba | 67 | 238 | / |
| Faßbach | 67 | 78 | / |
| Fába | 67 | 31 | / |
| Fasbach | 67 | 24 | / |
| Fabasht | 67 | 2 | / |
| Féba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fobeaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faubash | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fobah
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