Foriben Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Foriben Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
Foriben Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foriben Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foriben is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foriben? popularity and diffusion
Foriben is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Foriben is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Foriben live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent reside, Centre Region, where 31 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 19 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Greece, where 7 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 Foriben
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