Fonane Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Fonane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Lesotho | 31 | 1:65,566 | 9,080 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Fonane (110) may also be a first name.
Fonane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonane is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. Fonane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fonane are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fonane is also the 895,203rd most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 110 people.
The surname Fonane is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent live, Littoral Region, where 30 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 47 percent live and South Africa, where 3 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 Fonane
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