Forbah Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Forbah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 447 | 1:46,463 | 6,105 |
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Forbah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forbah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forbah is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Forbah.
How Common Is The Last Name Forbah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forbah is the 628,294th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. Forbah is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Forbah live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Forbah is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 447 people, or 1 in 46,463. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 54 percent live, Southwest Region, where 26 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Cameroon Forbah occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 5 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbach | 92 | 201 | / |
| Forbath | 92 | 94 | / |
| Forbash | 92 | 1 | / |
| Forba | 91 | 727 | / |
| Fohrbach | 86 | 3 | / |
| Forbay | 83 | 504 | / |
| Forbat | 83 | 98 | / |
| Forbai | 83 | 80 | / |
| Forbau | 83 | 21 | / |
| Forbas | 83 | 10 | / |
| Vorbah | 83 | 5 | / |
| Fourba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Forbad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Farbah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ferbah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Forbeau | 77 | 63 | / |
| Farbach | 77 | 35 | / |
| Farbash | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fourbay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Färbach | 77 | 1 | / |
| Farbahs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Forbass | 77 | 0 | / |
| Farba | 73 | 185 | / |
| Vorba | 73 | 110 | / |
| Ferba | 73 | 19 | / |
| Forbo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Forva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fahrbach | 71 | 926 | / |
| Forbault | 71 | 86 | / |
| Fourbeau | 71 | 14 | / |
| Forbeaux | 71 | 13 | / |
| Faurbach | 71 | 2 | / |
| Farbauch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forbosch | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vorbau | 67 | 396 | / |
| Forbey | 67 | 178 | / |
| Farbaz | 67 | 152 | / |
| Farbaš | 67 | 126 | / |
| Varbah | 67 | 45 | / |
| Forbot | 67 | 39 | / |
| Farbas | 67 | 34 | / |
| Farbat | 67 | 18 | / |
| Forbát | 67 | 17 | / |
| Farbad | 67 | 16 | / |
| Farbay | 67 | 7 | / |
| Forbou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fgarba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ferbay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vorbaj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Forvai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Forboy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Farboh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Farbai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ferbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phorba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farbaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farbaș | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forbos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ferbea | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faurbauch | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Forbah
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