Fonban Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Fonban Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Fonban Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonban Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonban is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonban? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,403,590th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fonban are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 136,639. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 2 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Taiwan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonbank | 92 | 15 | / |
| Fonbain | 92 | 2 | / |
| Fonbanck | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fomban | 83 | 163 | / |
| Fanban | 83 | 15 | / |
| Fonbon | 83 | 14 | / |
| Funban | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fonuan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fombang | 77 | 676 | / |
| Fombain | 77 | 30 | / |
| Fonbong | 77 | 27 | / |
| Fonmbam | 77 | 23 | / |
| Foinbam | 77 | 16 | / |
| Foumban | 77 | 5 | / |
| Vonbann | 77 | 2 | / |
| Funbain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fombane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fanbean | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fongnuan | 71 | 753 | / |
| Fonbonne | 71 | 181 | / |
| Foinmbam | 71 | 58 | / |
| Foembaan | 71 | 21 | / |
| Foumbain | 71 | 12 | / |
| Foinbong | 71 | 10 | / |
| Foumbang | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fombagne | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fonmbong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fombangh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fombam | 67 | 41 | / |
| Vonbon | 67 | 34 | / |
| Fongnuang | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fonbom | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fanbaseng | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vonvan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fonwon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vunban | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famban | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fonban
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