Fankou Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Fankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 312 | 1:66,568 | 8,415 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Fankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fankou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fankou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 851,613th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 22,702,635 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fankou are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Fankou is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 66,568. In Cameroon Fankou is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent live, Centre Region, where 34 percent live and West Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 0 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 Fankou
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