Fansou Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Fansou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
Fansou (189) may also be a first name.
Fansou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fansou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fansou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fansou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955,159th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Fansou occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Fansou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Fansou is also the 661,310th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 189 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 262,900. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 85 percent are found, North Region, where 13 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 9 percent are found and Greece, where 4 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 Fansou
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