Fone Surname
Approximately 3,298 people bear this surname
Fone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 877 | 1:23,682 | 3,200 |
| Egypt | 702 | 1:130,963 | 10,408 |
| England | 619 | 1:90,013 | 9,714 |
| United States | 278 | 1:1,303,809 | 91,323 |
| Indonesia | 191 | 1:692,404 | 53,816 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| New Zealand | 48 | 1:94,340 | 12,897 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| Norway | 35 | 1:146,922 | 18,432 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Albania | 21 | 1:138,765 | 11,419 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 283 | 1:86,132 | 9,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57 | 1:881,030 | 53,642 |
The alternate forms: Foné (7) are calculated separately.
Fone (302) may also be a first name.
Fone Demographics
Fone Political Affiliation
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Fone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fone Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fone (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﻧﻲ, Hindi: फोने) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Foné. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fone? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,121st most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,209,686 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Fone are found; 32 percent are found in Central Africa and 31 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 506,891st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 302 people.
The last name Fone is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 877 people, or 1 in 23,682. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 32 percent reside, Centre Region, where 31 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 29 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Fone occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 21 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.
Fone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fone has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 219 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 488 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fone Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Fone are 2.87% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.1% being registered with the political party.
The amount Fone earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 19.94% less than the national average, earning 277,086 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.34% more than the national average, earning $44,157 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.96% less than the national average, earning $43,740 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fone Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fone in the Hindi language | ||
| फोने | phone | - |
| Fone in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﻧﻲ | fwny | 75 |
| ﻓﻮﻧﻰ | fwny | 25 |
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Fone Reference & Research
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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 Fone
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis