Fobam Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Fobam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Fobam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fobam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fobam is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Fobam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fobam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fobam is the 8,968,613th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Fobam reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent live and West Region, where 50 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foubam | 91 | 3 | / |
| Fobame | 91 | 1 | / |
| Foubame | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fobasim | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fubam | 80 | 111 | / |
| Fabam | 80 | 8 | / |
| Foban | 80 | 6 | / |
| Vobam | 80 | 2 | / |
| Febam | 80 | 2 | / |
| Foubamne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fobang | 73 | 462 | / |
| Fobane | 73 | 170 | / |
| Fobean | 73 | 24 | / |
| Fobain | 73 | 8 | / |
| Fouban | 73 | 2 | / |
| Faubam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Voubam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fabham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foboum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foband | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foubane | 67 | 23 | / |
| Foubang | 67 | 20 | / |
| Foibang | 67 | 10 | / |
| Fabhamh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouboum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foobane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foybang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fabaham | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faubaim | 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
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- 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 Fobam
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