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
The last name Foteng is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foteng? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Foteng occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Foteng reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 112,920. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Ghana, where 4 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
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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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