Foronga Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Foronga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foronga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin141:738,25740,906
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Foronga (13) may also be a first name.

Foronga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Foronga Come From? nationality or country of origin

Foronga is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foronga? popularity and diffusion

Foronga is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Foronga live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Foronga is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 13 people.

It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin Foronga is most common in: Atakora Department, where 57 percent live and Zou Department, where 43 percent live. Aside from Benin Foronga occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 6 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 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 Foronga
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