Fondou Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Fondou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 77 | 1:134,229 | 14,380 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Fondou (16) may also be a first name.
Fondou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fondou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fondou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fondou.
How Common Is The Last Name Fondou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fondou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fondou is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 134,229. In Benin it is most common in: Donga Department, where 94 percent live, Littoral Department, where 3 percent live and Atakora Department, where 1 percent live. Beside Benin it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 8 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 Fondou
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