Fosah Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Fosah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Fosah (82) may also be a first name.
Fosah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fosah is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fosah is the 2,635,433rd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Fosah is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Fosah live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most widely held forename globally, held by 82 people.
The surname Fosah is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 45 percent live, Littoral Region, where 25 percent live and Southwest Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and England, where 6 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
- 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 Fosah
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