Forgwei Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Forgwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Forgwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forgwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forgwei is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forgwei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Forgwei is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Forgwei reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Forgwei is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside and South Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Forgwei
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