Fanfon Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fanfon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fanfon Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1511:137,54315,369
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fanfon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fanfon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fanfon occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fanfon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fanfon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,403,590th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fanfon reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 137,543. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 84 percent are found, Centre Region, where 11 percent are found and West Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fanfone9220/
Fanfan837,577/
Fonfon8333/
Famfon835/
Fanfán831/
Fonfoun77126/
Fanfant7724/
Fanfane7715/
Fonfone776/
Fanfang776/
Fonfong774/
Founfon771/
Fanphon770/
Phanfong71108/
Founfoun7137/
Fonfoong711/
Faunfaun711/
Founfoune677/
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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 Fanfon
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