Foteng Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Foteng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 18 | 1:112,920 | 11,579 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Foteng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foteng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foteng is most common in Lesotho. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foteng? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foteng is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Foteng live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Foteng is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 112,920. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent live. Outside of Lesotho it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Ghana, where 4 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 Foteng
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