Fobiwe Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Fobiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Fobiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fobiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fobiwe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fobiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fobiwe is the 3,141,416th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Fobiwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Fobiwe reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent live, Littoral Region, where 39 percent live and Southwest Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent live.
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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 Fobiwe
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