Fosu Surname
Approximately 32,880 people bear this surname
Fosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 32,211 | 1:839 | 131 |
| United States | 254 | 1:1,427,004 | 98,129 |
| England | 254 | 1:219,362 | 18,571 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Fosu (2,968) may also be a first name.
Fosu Demographics
Fosu Political Affiliation
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Fosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fosu (Hindi: फोसू) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fosu is the 16,886th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 221,641 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fosu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fosu is also the 133,009th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 2,968 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 32,211 people, or 1 in 839. Apart from Ghana it occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Fosu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Fosu surname are 41.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.44% registered with the political party.
The amount Fosu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.19% less than the national average, earning $40,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.99% more than the national average, earning $52,164 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fosu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fosu in the Hindi language | ||
| फोसू | phosu | 50 |
| फ़ोसू | fosu | 50 |
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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 Fosu
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