Forpah Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Forpah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Forpah (19) may also be a first name.
Forpah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forpah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forpah is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Forpah.
How Common Is The Last Name Forpah? popularity and diffusion
Forpah is the 2,121,169th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name Forpah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Forpah live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 77 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Forpah is also the 2,523,061st most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name Forpah is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 70 percent are found, Centre Region, where 28 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forrpah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Forpa | 91 | 20 | / |
| Forpoh | 83 | 45 | / |
| Forpha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fourpa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Forphey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ferpa | 73 | 18 | / |
| Farpa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Vorpa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Forpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Farpat | 67 | 40 | / |
| Farpea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Farpas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Forpoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ferpay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forpey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Forpost | 62 | 13 | / |
| Farpoush | 57 | 1 | / |
| Varpa | 55 | 270 | / |
| Verpa | 55 | 146 | / |
| Vārpa | 55 | 5 | / |
| Värpa | 55 | 2 | / |
| Varpai | 50 | 508 | / |
| Veerpa | 50 | 55 | / |
| Verpay | 50 | 42 | / |
| Ferpei | 50 | 1 | / |
| Farrpo | 50 | 1 | / |
| Farpou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Verpaj | 50 | 1 | / |
| Varpha | 50 | 1 | / |
| Varpay | 50 | 1 | / |
| Farpey | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Forpah
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