Fanrigue Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fanrigue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fanrigue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Fanrigue (185) may also be a first name.

Fanrigue Last Name Facts

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

Fanrigue occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fanrigue? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fanrigue live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa. Fanrigue is also the 669,105th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 185 people.

The last name Fanrigue is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fanregue884/
Founrigue821/
Foumrigue71108/
Famrig710/
Vanrieg673/
Fanrics671/
Vanreig671/
Foumrique591/
Foumregue591/
Vanrek571/
Vanryg571/
Vanrik571/
Phanrik53770/
Vanreyk5360/
Vanreck5341/
Vanrijk5313/
Vanrikk534/
Vanreek534/
Vanrick533/
Vanreik532/
Phannrik504/
Foumrike501/
Vanreugg500/

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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
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  • 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 Fanrigue
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