Fanwo Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Fanwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Fanwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fanwo is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fanwo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanwo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname Fanwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fanwo live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Fanwo is most numerous in: Kogi, where 45 percent are found, Niger, where 16 percent are found and Plateau, where 15 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Gabon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fanwou | 91 | 29 | / |
| Fanwot | 91 | 1 | / |
| Faunwo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fanwoh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fanwood | 83 | 0 | / |
| Fanwa | 80 | 173 | / |
| Fanbo | 80 | 103 | / |
| Fonwo | 80 | 24 | / |
| Faynwood | 77 | 4 | / |
| Phanwo | 73 | 262 | / |
| Fanbou | 73 | 70 | / |
| Fanboy | 73 | 23 | / |
| Vanwoy | 73 | 16 | / |
| Fanweu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fonwoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fonwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fanuos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Founwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Famwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fainboy | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fonwood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanouha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fainbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanïvou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fanwo
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