Fonga Surname
Approximately 1,781 people bear this surname
Fonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 631 | 1:32,915 | 4,439 |
| Tanzania | 434 | 1:121,985 | 11,567 |
| Indonesia | 362 | 1:365,329 | 31,419 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Italy | 53 | 1:1,153,900 | 73,671 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Fonga (49) may also be a first name.
Fonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonga occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 227,707th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,091,828 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Fonga live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fonga is also the 1,430,306th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 49 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 631 people, or 1 in 32,915. In Cameroon Fonga is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 31 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 22 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 24 percent live and Indonesia, where 20 percent live.
Fonga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fonga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fonga surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Fonga
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