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
The last name Fangou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fangou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,034,059th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Fangou are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 301,975th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 742 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon Fangou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 49 percent live, Littoral Region, where 41 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 28 percent live and Taiwan, where 7 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 Fangou
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