Fomuteh Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fomuteh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fomuteh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Fomuteh Last Name Facts

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

Fomuteh is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fomuteh.

How Common Is The Last Name Fomuteh? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Fomuteh live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Fomuteh is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 52 percent live and Northwest Region, where 48 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Famutei711/
Foumiteu671/
Phomuthai631/
Famuti62329/
Fumuta6224/
Famuty6214/
Fomoti624/
Famite621/
Famuta621/
Vomite621/
Famote620/
Fumuita571/
Vumuthe571/
Vamaute571/
Phomutid538/
Phamutha531/
Phomithi531/
Phomautit501/
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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 Fomuteh
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