Fomunyam Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fomunyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fomunyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1611:129,00014,584
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080

Fomunyam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fomunyam is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fomunyam? popularity and diffusion

Fomunyam is the 1,252,959th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Fomunyam live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Fomunyam is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 129,000. In Cameroon Fomunyam is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent live, Southwest Region, where 30 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Fomunyam Last Name Statistics demography

Fomunyam earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fominyam8858/
Fomnyama884/
Fomenyam882/
Fmnym771/
Fominyem752/
Fomenyem751/
Fomnom711/
Famunmi673/
Phomnam672/
Fumanayama671/
Fmnm671/

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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 Fomunyam
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