Fouma Surname
Approximately 809 people bear this surname
Fouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 605 | 1:34,329 | 4,624 |
| Niger | 146 | 1:131,452 | 5,019 |
| Congo | 17 | 1:293,476 | 8,994 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Fouma (103) may also be a first name.
Fouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fouma is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fouma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 427,014th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 9,008,091 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Fouma reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 52 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most frequent first name worldwide, held by 103 people.
The surname Fouma is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 605 people, or 1 in 34,329. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: East Region, where 74 percent live, Centre Region, where 19 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 18 percent live and The Congo, where 2 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
- 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 Fouma
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