Fonate Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Fonate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Fonate (4) may also be a first name.
Fonate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonate (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﻧﺎﺕ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonate? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fonate is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fonate are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fonate is also the 6,192,526th most frequent first name globally It is held by 4 people.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 33 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fonate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fonate in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﻧﺎﺕ | fwnat | - |
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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 Fonate
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