Fantou Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Fantou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 294 | 1:225,928 | 35,048 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Fantou (255) may also be a first name.
Fantou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fantou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fantou occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fantou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fantou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 821,713th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Fantou are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Fantou is also the 557,860th most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 255 people.
This surname is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 225,928. In France it is most common in: Brittany, where 34 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 20 percent reside. Excluding France this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Niger, where 3 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 Fantou
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