Fokem Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Fokem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 644 | 1:32,250 | 4,345 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fokem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fokem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fokem is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fokem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fokem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 498,439th most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,025,032 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fokem reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 644 people, or 1 in 32,250. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 39 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 30 percent are found and West Region, where 26 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Fokem
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