Fotah Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Fotah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Fotah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fotah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fotah is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fotah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,237,939th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fotah live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 292,522. In Cameroon Fotah is most common in: Southwest Region, where 41 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 31 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 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 Fotah
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