Forye Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Forye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Forye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forye is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Forye.
How Common Is The Last Name Forye? popularity and diffusion
Forye is the 10,311,814th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Forye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Forye reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.
Forye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Forye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Forye last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Forye
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