Fobir Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Fobir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
Fobir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fobir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fobir is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fobir? popularity and diffusion
Fobir is the 3,017,195th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fobir reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Fobir is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon Fobir is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fobair | 91 | 79 | / |
| Fhobir | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fobaire | 83 | 23 | / |
| Fober | 80 | 780 | / |
| Fabir | 80 | 13 | / |
| Febir | 80 | 4 | / |
| Vobir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fovir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fobert | 73 | 850 | / |
| Fobear | 73 | 155 | / |
| Fabier | 73 | 101 | / |
| Fabire | 73 | 59 | / |
| Fovier | 73 | 35 | / |
| Fasbir | 73 | 17 | / |
| Fowier | 73 | 4 | / |
| Fouber | 73 | 3 | / |
| Favoir | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fobere | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fubire | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vobier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fosber | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fabair | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fabirr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Feboir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foeber | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foober | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foubert | 67 | 6,330 | / |
| Fosbere | 67 | 7 | / |
| Foubere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fobhert | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fatbird | 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 Fobir
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