Fourra Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Fourra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Fourra (29) may also be a first name.
Fourra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fourra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fourra occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fourra click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fourra? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Fourra occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Fourra reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name worldwide, held by 29 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,461,511. In Cameroon Fourra is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 83 percent live and North Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 13 percent live and Niger, where 13 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 Fourra
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