Forbai Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Forbai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forbai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon761:273,27726,204
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Forbai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forbai is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Forbai? popularity and diffusion

Forbai is the 2,106,139th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Forbai live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Forbai is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Forbai is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forba91727/
Forbi91502/
Forbis832,851/
Forbay83504/
Forbah83487/
Forbat8398/
Forbit8341/
Forwai8324/
Forbau8321/
Forbas8310/
Forbie8310/
Forbih836/
Forbid835/
Forvai833/
Farbai832/
Fourba832/
Forbad831/
Ferbai831/
Forbiy831/
Forbui831/
Forbach77201/
Forbish77130/
Forbath7794/
Forbich772/
Forbash771/
Farbait771/
Forbisz771/
Forbiyi771/
Fourbay771/
Forbitt770/
Forbiss770/
Forbass770/
Forby73399/
Farba73185/
Vorba73110/
Forbe7383/
Furba7365/
Forvi7355/
Ferbi7338/
Forwa7320/
Ferba7319/
Farbi7317/
Vorbi738/
Furbi734/
Forva731/
Forbé731/
Forbault7186/
Fohrbach713/
Forbejah711/
Forbiyeh711/
Forbes67111,630/
Forber67646/
Ferbei67524/
Vorbau67396/
Farbiś67253/
Varbai67204/
Furbay67184/
Forbey67178/
Verbai67168/
Farbaz67152/
Farbaš67126/
Forwah67120/
Farbei6782/
Forway6773/
Farbis6769/
Fourby6753/
Forbeh6742/
Farbas6734/
Fourbe6725/
Farbyi6720/
Farbat6718/
Forbát6717/
Forbez6716/
Farbad6716/
Fourwa6715/
Farbiz6714/
Ferbie6710/
Forbet679/
Farbay677/
Forbou676/
Vorbei676/
Fgarba675/
Vorbah675/
Forbys674/
Ferbay674/
Forbed674/
Farwai674/
Vorbaj674/
Forvis673/
Farboi673/
Forvie673/
Forboy672/
Fourbé672/
Phorba671/
Farbij671/
Foruay671/
Farbah671/
Fherbi671/
Vorwai671/
Furbah671/
Furbau671/
Farbaj671/
Farbaș671/
Farbio671/
Forhua671/
Forbés671/
Fhorui671/
Ferbah671/
Foruie671/
Farbit670/
Ferbea670/
Forbee670/
Furbis670/
Furbie670/

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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 Forbai
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