Fonbu Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Fonbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fonbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fonbu is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fonbu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonbu? popularity and diffusion
Fonbu is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Fonbu live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Fonbu is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonbui | 91 | 16 | / |
| Fonbeu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Foinbu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fonbus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Founbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fonmbeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fombu | 80 | 221 | / |
| Fanbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Funbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foinmbuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fanbou | 73 | 70 | / |
| Fanbeu | 73 | 38 | / |
| Fombut | 73 | 17 | / |
| Fombou | 73 | 13 | / |
| Fombui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Fanbui | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fahnbu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fombau | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fombeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fombus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fonwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fannbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fanbus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Phonbut | 67 | 957 | / |
| Foumbou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phonbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Founvou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foumbuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fombouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fombeuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanbush | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fusnbuy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fonbu
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