Fangou Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Fangou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Fangou (742) may also be a first name.
Fangou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fangou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fangou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fangou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fangou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,034,059th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. Fangou is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Fangou reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fangou is also the 301,975th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 742 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 49 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 41 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 28 percent are found and Taiwan, where 7 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 Fangou
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