Fourah Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Fourah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 218 | 1:177,209 | 21,974 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fourah (12) may also be a first name.
Fourah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fourah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fourah has its highest incidence in Algeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fourah? popularity and diffusion
Fourah is the 1,073,555th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fourah live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The last name Fourah is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 177,209. In Algeria Fourah is primarily concentrated in: Skikda Province, where 100 percent are found. Besides Algeria Fourah occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 0 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 Fourah
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