Forah Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Forah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Forah (17) may also be a first name.
Forah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forah (Arabic: فورح) is most common in Indonesia. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Forah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forah is the 2,091,648th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Forah reside; 85 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 85 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Forah is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name Forah is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 1,916,655. In Indonesia Forah is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Besides Indonesia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 5 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Forah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Forah in the Arabic language | ||
| فورح | fwrh | - |
| فوره | fwrh | - |
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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 Forah
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