Forouhan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Sweden

Forouhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forouhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Forouhan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Forouhan is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Forouhan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Forouhan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Forouhan reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 40 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Forouhan is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is most common in: South Yorkshire, where 100 percent live. Barring England this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foruhan932/
Farouhan8819/
Foruan861/
Farouan8033/
Faruhan8024/
Ferouan804/
Forwohn801/
Faruhaan7521/
Farouane754/
Furuhatn751/
Farguhan750/
Faruan7123/
Forbon7111/
Forban7110/
Furuhon678,172/
Fatruan67140/
Forwand6723/
Fourbon6719/
Forwong671/
Forrvan671/
Forbain671/
Farboun671/
Faruang671/
Foorvan671/

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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 Forouhan
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