Fomethe Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fomethe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fomethe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
France81:8,302,840321,660
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Fomethe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fomethe is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fomethe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Fomethe are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Fomethe is most prevalent in: West Region, where 80 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 33 percent live and Belgium, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fometheu9310/
Fomete92125/
Fometeu8665/
Foumete861/
Fometeh861/
Fomet8320/
Fometieh803/
Foumeteu802/
Fomester802/
Fomethio801/
Vometh7711/
Fometi773/
Fomest771/
Fumete771/
Foumet771/
Fometa771/
Fomett771/
Femete771/
Vomete771/
Fometio71448/
Famette7181/
Fumeteu7111/
Famieth715/
Fameter713/
Faumete712/
Fameste711/
Pfoumetioh711/
Foumeed711/
Famathe711/
Femette710/
Fomit6746/
Foumetio6715/
Famet6710/
Feumeteu679/
Phamethe674/
Fometova673/
Phemethe671/
Vomet671/
Foysmith671/
Fameetha671/

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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 Fomethe
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