Fotse Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Fotse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 183 | 1:113,492 | 13,142 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Fotse (10) may also be a first name.
Fotse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fotse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fotse occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fotse? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,239,697th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fotse are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fotse is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread forename internationally. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 113,492. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 33 percent are found, Centre Region, where 31 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 26 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Fotse is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, 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 Fotse
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