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 last name Fondou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fondou? popularity and diffusion
Fondou is the 1,666,404th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. Fondou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fondou reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname Fondou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 134,229. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 94 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 3 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Niger, where 8 percent are found.
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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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