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
The last name Forsah is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forsah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,163,787th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name Forsah is predominantly found 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.
The surname Forsah is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 116,680. In Cameroon Forsah is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 35 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 29 percent reside and Centre Region, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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