Fanwou Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Fanwou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Fanwou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanwou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fanwou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fanwou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanwou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fanwou is the 3,665,662nd most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Fanwou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fanwou reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Fanwou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 59 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 37 percent are found and West Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fanwoue | 92 | 2 | / |
| Fanwo | 91 | 103 | / |
| Fanwu | 91 | 77 | / |
| Fanbou | 83 | 70 | / |
| Fanwui | 83 | 3 | / |
| Fanweu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Faunwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fanwoh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Famwou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fanwot | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fanwue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fonwou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fonwoue | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fanouha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fainbou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fanïvou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fanwood | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fanua | 73 | 284 | / |
| Fanwa | 73 | 173 | / |
| Fanbo | 73 | 103 | / |
| Fonwo | 73 | 24 | / |
| Vanwu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Fanvu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fanbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faynwood | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fambou | 67 | 335 | / |
| Phanwo | 67 | 262 | / |
| Fanbeu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Fanwei | 67 | 25 | / |
| Fanboy | 67 | 23 | / |
| Vanwoy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fanwie | 67 | 15 | / |
| Fanhua | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fahnbu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fanwai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fanbui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fonwoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fanhouhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Founwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Founwouet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fannbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanuos | 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
- 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 Fanwou
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