Fokou Surname
Approximately 9,679 people bear this surname
Fokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9,393 | 1:2,211 | 233 |
| Cyprus | 72 | 1:12,290 | 1,427 |
| Greece | 53 | 1:209,053 | 32,911 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Fokou (157) may also be a first name.
Fokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fokou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fokou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 52,826th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 752,923 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fokou live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fokou is also the 732,696th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 157 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 9,393 people, or 1 in 2,211. In Cameroon Fokou is most common in: Centre Region, where 34 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 34 percent reside and West Region, where 21 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Cyprus, where 1 percent reside and Greece, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Fokou
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