Fouta Surname
Approximately 784 people bear this surname
Fouta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Cameroon | 199 | 1:104,367 | 12,272 |
| Niger | 106 | 1:181,057 | 6,330 |
| Benin | 48 | 1:215,325 | 19,968 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Fouta (384) may also be a first name.
Fouta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fouta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fouta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﺗﺎ) is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Fouta click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fouta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 437,497th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 9,295,339 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Fouta live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Mahgreb. Fouta is also the 442,333rd most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 384 people.
It is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Without taking into account Morocco this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fouta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fouta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﺗﺎ | fwta | 66.67 |
| ﻓﻮﺗﻪ | fwth | 33.33 |
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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 Fouta
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