Fomum Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Fomum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 365 | 1:56,902 | 7,352 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Fomum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fomum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fomum is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fomum? popularity and diffusion
Fomum is the 744,013th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname Fomum is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fomum live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Fomum is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 56,902. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 59 percent live, Southwest Region, where 21 percent live and Centre Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Fomum occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Fomum
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