Fogou Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Fogou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 268 | 1:77,497 | 9,544 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
Fogou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fogou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fogou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fogou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fogou is the 928,396th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Fogou are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 77,497. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 42 percent live, West Region, where 29 percent live and Littoral Region, where 22 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent live and Cyprus, where 1 percent live.
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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 Fogou
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