Foro Surname
Approximately 3,510 people bear this surname
Foro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,385 | 1:13,251 | 1,099 |
| Brazil | 1,063 | 1:201,387 | 7,739 |
| Serbia | 150 | 1:47,633 | 4,697 |
| Croatia | 135 | 1:31,323 | 6,406 |
| United States | 112 | 1:3,236,240 | 185,654 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Italy | 105 | 1:582,445 | 54,819 |
| Ivory Coast | 48 | 1:480,651 | 15,491 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Spain | 30 | 1:1,558,401 | 47,033 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Colombia | 19 | 1:2,514,425 | 13,479 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Foró (8), Fôro (3), Forò (2) & Fóro (1) are calculated separately.
Foro (287) may also be a first name.
Foro Demographics
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Foro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foro (Hindi: फोरो, Russian: Форо) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Foró, Fôro, Forò or Fóro. For other possible spellings of Foro click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foro? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 128,989th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,076,224 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Foro reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 522,011th most frequent first name on earth, held by 287 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,385 people, or 1 in 13,251. In Burkina Faso Foro is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 62 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name exists in 60 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 30 percent are found and Serbia, where 4 percent are found.
Foro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Foro has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 487 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Foro Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Foro are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% being registered with the party.
The amount Foro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 32.31% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,122 per year; in South Africa they earn 77.68% less than the national average, earning R 53,040 per year; in Colombia they earn 111.29% more than the national average, earning $47,968,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 30.82% more than the national average, earning $56,448 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foro in the Hindi language | ||
| फोरो | phoro | - |
| Foro in the Russian language | ||
| Форо | foro | - |
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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 Foro
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