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 has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fangou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 frequently used first name worldwide, held by 742 people.
This surname is most frequently held 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 reside, Littoral Region, where 41 percent reside and West Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 28 percent reside and Taiwan, where 7 percent reside.
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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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