Forsah Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Forsah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 178 | 1:116,680 | 13,410 |
| Palestine | 23 | 1:197,776 | 9,224 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Forsah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forsah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forsah occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forsah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forsah is the 1,163,787th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. Forsah occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Forsah are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Forsah is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 116,680. In Cameroon Forsah is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 35 percent live, Northwest Region, where 29 percent live and Centre Region, where 18 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Forsah
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