Forteh Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Forteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 355 | 1:58,504 | 7,534 |
| Israel | 97 | 1:88,223 | 10,433 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Forteh (12) may also be a first name.
Forteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forteh occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forteh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 654,010th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Forteh are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 77 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Forteh is also the 3,306,491st most common first name on earth It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 58,504. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 48 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 45 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Forteh is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Forteh
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