Fomete Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fomete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fomete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1151:180,60119,028
France21:33,211,361423,184
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Fomete Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fomete Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fomete is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fomete.

How Common Is The Last Name Fomete? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Fomete is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Fomete reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 180,601. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 30 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and Littoral Region, where 27 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fometeu9265/
Fomethe9224/
Foumete921/
Fometeh921/
Fomet9120/
Fometheu8610/
Fometieh863/
Foumeteu862/
Fomester862/
Fomate834/
Fometi833/
Femete831/
Foumet831/
Fumete831/
Fomest831/
Fometa831/
Fomett831/
Vomete831/
Fometio77448/
Famette7781/
Fumeteu7711/
Fameter773/
Faumete772/
Foumeed771/
Fameste771/
Femette770/
Fomit7346/
Famet7310/
Vomet731/
Foumetio7115/
Feumeteu719/
Fometova713/
Fomethio711/
Foumiteu711/
Fameti6750/
Famate6728/
Vometh6711/
Fameed677/
Fomoti674/
Fumeta672/
Fomita671/
Vomate671/
Vamete671/
Famite671/
Vomite671/
Faumet671/
Fammet671/
Foumit671/
Fameet671/
Famote670/

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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 Fomete
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