Fouba Surname
Approximately 1,403 people bear this surname
Fouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 813 | 1:25,546 | 3,482 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Fouba (1,190) may also be a first name.
Fouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fouba is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fouba? popularity and diffusion
Fouba is the 276,388th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,194,259 people. Fouba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fouba are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Fouba is also the 229,828th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 1,190 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 813 people, or 1 in 25,546. In Cameroon Fouba is most prevalent in: North Region, where 47 percent reside, Far North Region, where 35 percent reside and East Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 41 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Fouba
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