Foryoh Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Foryoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 80 | 1:55,107 | 4,868 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Foryoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foryoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foryoh is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foryoh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,849,867th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Foryoh live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 55,107. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 58 percent live, Lofa County, where 38 percent live and Bong County, where 1 percent live. Beside Liberia Foryoh exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
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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 Foryoh
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