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 surname Fobir is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fobir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fobir are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Fobir is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon Fobir is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 10 percent live.
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
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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 Fobir
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