Forkom Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Forkom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Forkom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forkom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forkom is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Forkom click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forkom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Forkom is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Forkom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Forkom live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Forkom is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 292,522. In Cameroon Forkom is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent live, Southwest Region, where 17 percent live and West Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forkum | 83 | 579 | / |
| Forkam | 83 | 78 | / |
| Vorkom | 83 | 2 | / |
| Forcom | 83 | 0 | / |
| Vourkom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vorkhom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Forkhum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Forkham | 77 | 0 | / |
| Forkeum | 77 | 0 | / |
| Forcum | 67 | 687 | / |
| Furkam | 67 | 12 | / |
| Farkam | 67 | 9 | / |
| Furqom | 67 | 8 | / |
| Farkham | 62 | 6 | / |
| Verkhom | 62 | 6 | / |
| Farkhum | 62 | 4 | / |
| Furkham | 62 | 1 | / |
| Farkasm | 62 | 1 | / |
| Veerkhom | 57 | 1 | / |
| Farkaham | 57 | 1 | / |
| Furcam | 50 | 10 | / |
| Varkam | 50 | 7 | / |
| Verkam | 50 | 1 | / |
| Furcum | 50 | 1 | / |
| Farcum | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Forkom
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