Forgod Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Forgod Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Forgod (61) may also be a first name.
Forgod Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forgod Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forgod is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forgod? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Forgod reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 61 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda Forgod is most common in: Ntungamo District, where 56 percent live, Buhweju District, where 15 percent live and Gulu District, where 5 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
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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 Forgod
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