Forgah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Forgah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Forgah (5) may also be a first name.
Forgah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forgah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forgah is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Forgah.
How Common Is The Last Name Forgah? popularity and diffusion
Forgah is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Forgah live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 5 people.
The surname Forgah is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 25 percent are found and Liberia, where 25 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
- 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 Forgah
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