Foguieng Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Foguieng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foguieng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2571:80,8139,897
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Foguieng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foguieng is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Foguieng.

How Common Is The Last Name Foguieng? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 993,593rd most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The surname Foguieng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Foguieng reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Foguieng is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 80,813. In Cameroon Foguieng is most frequent in: West Region, where 59 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 22 percent are found and Centre Region, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foguien9311/
Foguiene881/
Fangvieng711/
Fogyen711/
Vogein5733/
Vogjen571/
Phuonghien561/
Fangjen532/
Fongyin531/
Vougjen531/
Phongyen5020/
Fongying501/
Faghihin501/
Phongjen501/
Phogjeen501/

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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 Foguieng
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