Forba Surname

463,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Forba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon6541:31,7574,284
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Forba (19) may also be a first name.

Forba Last Name Facts

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

Forba is found most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 463,668th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. Forba occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Forba live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 654 people, or 1 in 31,757. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 48 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.

Forba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Forba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Forba last name grew 5,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Forba Last Name Statistics demography

Forba earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.59% less than the national average, earning $32,106 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forbay91504/
Forbah91487/
Forbat9198/
Forbai9180/
Forbau9121/
Forbas9110/
Fourba912/
Forbad911/
Forbach83201/
Forbath8394/
Forbeau8363/
Forbash831/
Fourbay831/
Forbass830/
Forbi80502/
Forby80399/
Farba80185/
Vorba80110/
Forbe8083/
Furba8065/
Forwa8020/
Ferba8019/
Forbo803/
Forva801/
Forbé801/
Forbault7786/
Fourbeau7714/
Forbeaux7713/
Fohrbach773/
Forbes73111,630/
Forbis732,851/
Forber73646/
Vorbau73396/
Furbay73184/
Forbey73178/
Farbaz73152/
Farbaš73126/
Forwah73120/
Forway7373/
Fourby7353/
Forbeh7342/
Forbit7341/
Forbot7339/
Farbas7334/
Fourbe7325/
Forwai7324/
Farbat7318/
Forbát7317/
Forbez7316/
Farbad7316/
Fourwa7315/
Forbie7310/
Forbet739/
Farbay737/
Forbih736/
Forbou736/
Fgarba735/
Vorbah735/
Forbid735/
Forbys734/
Ferbay734/
Forbed734/
Vorbaj734/
Forvai733/
Farbai732/
Forboy732/
Fourbé732/
Phorba731/
Foruay731/
Farbah731/
Ferbai731/
Furbah731/
Furbau731/
Farbaj731/
Farbaș731/
Forhua731/
Forbiy731/
Forbos731/
Forbui731/
Forbés731/
Ferbah731/
Ferbea730/
Forbee730/
Forbess67595/
Forbish67130/
Fourbet6767/
Farbach6735/
Furbach6734/
Forbech6717/
Fourway679/
Forbest677/
Farbast677/
Forvass675/
Forbett674/
Fforbes674/
Forbesh673/
Forbees672/
Forbich672/
Farbash672/
Furbahs671/
Phorbat671/
Forbyth671/
Forwath671/
Forbeds671/
Forwhea671/
Furbass671/
Farbait671/
Farbeau671/
Foorbes671/
Forbisz671/
Forwwah671/
Fourbes671/
Fourbou671/
Färbach671/
Forbitt670/
Furbash670/
Forbiss670/
Forrber670/
Forbesd670/
Farbahs670/

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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 Forba
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