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) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fonate click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonate? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fonate live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fonate is also the 6,192,526th most numerous first name internationally, held by 4 people.
The last name Fonate is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Fonate is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 33 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 25 percent reside.
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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