Fotso Surname
Approximately 25,490 people bear this surname
Fotso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23,882 | 1:870 | 63 |
| Gabon | 505 | 1:3,741 | 657 |
| France | 419 | 1:158,527 | 24,620 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Italy | 20 | 1:3,057,834 | 99,174 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Fotso (1,265) may also be a first name.
Fotso Demographics
Average Fotso Salary in
United States
$41,779 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fotso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fotso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fotso (Russian: Фотсо) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fotso.
How Common Is The Last Name Fotso? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 21,389th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 285,898 people. Fotso occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Fotso are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fotso is also the 221,869th most widely held forename globally It is held by 1,265 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 23,882 people, or 1 in 870. In Cameroon Fotso is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 33 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and Centre Region, where 26 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 2 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
Fotso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fotso last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Fotso earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 190.92% more than the national average, earning R 691,344 per year; in United States they earn 3.18% less than the national average, earning $41,779 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.74% less than the national average, earning $33,417 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fotso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fotso in the Russian language | ||
| Фотсо | fotso | - |
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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 Fotso
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