Forbai Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Forbai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
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.
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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 Forbai
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