Forgwe Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Forgwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Forgwe (151) may also be a first name.
Forgwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forgwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forgwe occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Forgwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forgwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forgwe is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Forgwe are found; 48 percent are found in Central Africa and 48 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Forgwe is also the 749,223rd most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 151 people.
The last name Forgwe is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Forgwe is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Mozambique, where 14 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 Forgwe
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