Fouwa Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Fouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 157 | 1:132,287 | 14,892 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Fouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fouwa is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fouwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fouwa live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Fouwa is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 132,287. In Cameroon Fouwa is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 41 percent live, Littoral Region, where 16 percent live and West Region, where 13 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 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
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- 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 Fouwa
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