Fantong Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fantong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fantong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Fantong (2,135) may also be a first name.

Fantong Last Name Facts

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

Fantong is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fantong.

How Common Is The Last Name Fantong? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Fantong occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Fantong are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fantong is also the 162,541st most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 2,135 people.

This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,967,010. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 29 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 29 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 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 Fantong
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