Foromo Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Foromo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 207 | 1:261,728 | 26,279 |
| Senegal | 19 | 1:767,334 | 2,735 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Foromo (23,724) may also be a first name.
Foromo Demographics
Average Foromo Salary in
South Africa
R 218,388
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Foromo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foromo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foromo occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foromo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 985,740th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Foromo reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Foromo is also the 33,308th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 23,724 people.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 261,728. In South Africa Foromo is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 86 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 0 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 7 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
Foromo Last Name Statistics demography
Foromo earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.1% less than the national average, earning R 218,388 per year.
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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 Foromo
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