Foga Surname
Approximately 2,007 people bear this surname
Foga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 956 | 1:185,296 | 11,275 |
| Niger | 488 | 1:39,328 | 2,121 |
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| United States | 109 | 1:3,325,311 | 189,554 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Jamaica | 61 | 1:47,048 | 2,826 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Foga (276) may also be a first name.
Foga Demographics
Foga Political Affiliation
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Foga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foga (Hindi: फोगा, Russian: Фога) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 206,492nd most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,631,064 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Foga live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 534,713th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 276 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 956 people, or 1 in 185,296. In Nigeria Foga is most frequent in: Benue, where 93 percent reside, Taraba, where 2 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 24 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Foga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Foga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foga last name grew 727 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Foga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Foga surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the party.
The amount Foga earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.64% more than the national average, earning $49,035 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.43% more than the national average, earning $51,385 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foga in the Hindi language | ||
| फोगा | phoga | - |
| Foga in the Russian language | ||
| Фога | foga | - |
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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 Foga
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