Fosoh Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Fosoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 249 | 1:83,410 | 10,155 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Fosoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fosoh is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosoh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fosoh is the 1,014,722nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fosoh live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 83,410. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 24 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Yemen, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Fosoh
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