Foryah Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Liberia

Foryah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foryah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon261:798,81055,510
Liberia101:440,85421,753
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Foryah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Foryah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Foryah is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foryah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Foryah occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Foryah live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Foryah is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 96 percent live and West Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon Foryah exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forya9138/
Foryahei861/
Foryoh83100/
Faryah8346/
Feryah831/
Foryas831/
Foriah830/
Fatryah777/
Foraaya774/
Fotriah771/
Foria73450/
Farya73432/
Forja73125/
Furya7353/
Forea7328/
Ferya7313/
Vorya731/
Faryad676,268/
Forgia67763/
Fariah67620/
Forjaz67550/
Faryaz67323/
Feriah67218/
Farjah67128/
Forgea67118/
Faryha67118/
Forjas6797/
Fouria6759/
Faryap6744/
Forias6740/
Forjat6737/
Foriat6733/
Faryat6726/
Forzia6724/
Fatrya6722/
Faryas6720/
Furiah6719/
Faryaj6718/
Vourya6716/
Furyha6712/
Forria6711/
Forjoh6711/
Varyah678/
Feerya678/
Forjay675/
Forjai675/
Furrya675/
Foreay674/
Foriad674/
Forjia674/
Forrea672/
Fooria672/
Farhya672/
Forțea671/
Furyad671/
Fareah671/
Phorya671/
Forzhyhei671/
Forhia670/

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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 Foryah
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