Fentou Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Greece

Fentou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fentou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Fentou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fentou occurs most in Niger. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fentou.

How Common Is The Last Name Fentou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fentou is the 6,063,924th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Fentou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Fentou live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger Fentou is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 40 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fentous92261/
Fentouh921/
Feuntou921/
Fentu91342/
Fento9149/
Fentos8319/
Fentus839/
Fuento835/
Fentgo832/
Fiento832/
Fintou832/
Fentoz831/
Fentoh831/
Fentuo831/
Fntu802/
Fientoh773/
Fentayo771/
Femtous771/
Fenntoh771/
Fesntus771/
Fentuie771/
Fentoia770/
Fentuss770/
Fenta7333,377/
Vento7314,762/
Finto73329/
Ventu73120/
Fintu7325/
Femto731/
Fuentejo711/
Feuntheu711/
Fentie678,383/
Viento67104/
Venteu6788/
Vuento6755/
Fentas6737/
Ventoy6730/
Fentay6726/
Ventto6726/
Ventui6725/
Fuenta6710/
Fintus679/
Phento674/
Fionto673/
Fuintu671/
Phentu671/
Fentaj671/
Fentea671/
Fentey671/
Venttu671/
Fintuh671/
Fentah671/
Fentap671/
Fentat671/
Fintoi671/
Fintos671/
Fentei671/
Fintto671/

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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 Fentou
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