Foko Surname
Approximately 6,526 people bear this surname
Foko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,401 | 1:6,107 | 741 |
| DR Congo | 1,197 | 1:61,721 | 7,343 |
| Liberia | 825 | 1:5,344 | 647 |
| South Africa | 494 | 1:109,671 | 13,198 |
| Congo | 147 | 1:33,939 | 3,337 |
| Nigeria | 138 | 1:1,283,643 | 51,044 |
| Lesotho | 81 | 1:25,093 | 5,019 |
| France | 54 | 1:1,230,050 | 127,496 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Foko (843) may also be a first name.
Foko Demographics
Average Foko Salary in
South Africa
R 287,580
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Foko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foko (Hindi: फोको, Russian: Фоко) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foko? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 75,243rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,116,694 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Foko live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Foko is also the 281,020th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 843 people.
The surname Foko is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3,401 people, or 1 in 6,107. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 32 percent are found, Centre Region, where 31 percent are found and West Region, where 30 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Foko is found in 38 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Liberia, where 13 percent are found.
Foko Last Name Statistics demography
Foko earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.02% more than the national average, earning R 287,580 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foko in the Hindi language | ||
| फोको | phoko | - |
| Foko in the Russian language | ||
| Фоко | foko | - |
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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 Foko
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