Forcham Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Forcham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forcham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon661:314,68329,051
Finland41:1,374,17650,379

Forcham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forcham occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Forcham.

How Common Is The Last Name Forcham? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Forcham live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 30 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Finland, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forham9222/
Forchan864/
Forsham863/
Fortcam861/
Forkham860/
Forchhamme821/
Forchang8048/
Fordsham8038/
Forshamn8010/
Forchand803/
Foorsham800/
Farscham800/
Forhan771,753/
Farham77367/
Forcan77228/
Furham7712/
Forjam775/
Forzam773/
Forsam772/
Forcem771/
Forcom770/
Forchheim75114/
Farchan71518/
Farsham7135/
Forhane7127/
Forhand7125/
Forchon7117/
Forshan7112/
Farkham716/
Forchanova715/
Forcain713/
Fuhrham713/
Forkhan712/
Vercham712/
Furhamm712/
Forheim711/
Farhaim711/
Forhajn711/
Furkham711/
Forhang711/
Forssam711/
Forhant711/
Forhann711/
Fourchon67354/
Forkheim6749/
Forsheim6710/
Farchane674/
Forchone672/
Fourhane671/
Farshgam671/
Fourkhan671/
Farchand671/
Fharchan671/
Farhathm671/
Fourhand670/
Forshand670/
Farschom670/

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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 Forcham
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