Formson Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Formson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Formson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Formson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Formson occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Formson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Formson is the 919,444th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Formson are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Formson is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Beside Ghana this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Bermuda, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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
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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 Formson
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