Forwah Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Forwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 117 | 1:177,513 | 18,775 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Forwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forwah is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forwah? popularity and diffusion
Forwah is the 1,658,108th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. Forwah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Forwah live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Forwah is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 177,513. In Cameroon Forwah is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 61 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 39 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwwah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Forwath | 92 | 1 | / |
| Forwa | 91 | 20 | / |
| Farwah | 83 | 190 | / |
| Forway | 83 | 73 | / |
| Forwai | 83 | 24 | / |
| Fourwa | 83 | 15 | / |
| Forwoh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Farwaha | 77 | 175 | / |
| Fourway | 77 | 9 | / |
| Farwash | 77 | 7 | / |
| Forwoth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Forwhea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Farwa | 73 | 1,885 | / |
| Forba | 73 | 727 | / |
| Ferwa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Forva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Farwahah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forbay | 67 | 504 | / |
| Forbai | 67 | 80 | / |
| Forouhash | 67 | 26 | / |
| Forbau | 67 | 21 | / |
| Fervah | 67 | 21 | / |
| Farvah | 67 | 14 | / |
| Farway | 67 | 7 | / |
| Farwai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Forvai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fourba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Farwha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vorwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faruah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vorwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foruay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farwaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forhua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Varwah | 67 | 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
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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 Forwah
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