Foumba Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Foumba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 229 | 1:90,695 | 10,883 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Foumba (1,206) may also be a first name.
Foumba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foumba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foumba occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foumba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 983,245th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Foumba reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Foumba is also the 228,078th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 1,206 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 90,695. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 34 percent are found, East Region, where 30 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 27 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found and The Congo, where 2 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 Foumba
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