Foroma Surname
Approximately 1,527 people bear this surname
Foroma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,368 | 1:11,285 | 1,453 |
| South Africa | 87 | 1:622,732 | 46,743 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Foroma (63) may also be a first name.
Foroma Demographics
Average Foroma Salary in
South Africa
R 140,760
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Foroma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foroma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foroma is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foroma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 257,812th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,772,460 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Foroma live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Foroma is also the 1,234,572nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 63 people.
The last name Foroma is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,368 people, or 1 in 11,285. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 27 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 19 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 17 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe Foroma occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Foroma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Foroma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foroma last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Foroma Last Name Statistics demography
Foroma earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.77% less than the national average, earning R 140,760 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forouma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Foromah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fourouma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Foromo | 83 | 261 | / |
| Faroma | 83 | 28 | / |
| Foromi | 83 | 9 | / |
| Forema | 83 | 9 | / |
| Voroma | 83 | 3 | / |
| Forome | 83 | 2 | / |
| Feroma | 83 | 2 | / |
| Forama | 83 | 1 | / |
| Farohma | 77 | 16 | / |
| Foramau | 77 | 4 | / |
| Forhema | 77 | 3 | / |
| Faromah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Voromai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Farroma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ferroma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fourama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Foremau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Farooma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ferromau | 71 | 28 | / |
| Farohmah | 71 | 27 | / |
| Fa'aroma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Farama | 67 | 406 | / |
| Faromo | 67 | 258 | / |
| Furuma | 67 | 75 | / |
| Forame | 67 | 56 | / |
| Forami | 67 | 32 | / |
| Farome | 67 | 22 | / |
| Varoma | 67 | 16 | / |
| Farema | 67 | 15 | / |
| Faruma | 67 | 12 | / |
| Foramo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Faromi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ferema | 67 | 11 | / |
| Furama | 67 | 10 | / |
| Veroma | 67 | 6 | / |
| Forumi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Foremo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voromy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ferama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furomi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Foroma
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