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 is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fonga is the 227,707th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,091,828 people. The surname Fonga is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Fonga are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 49 people.
The surname Fonga is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 631 people, or 1 in 32,915. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 31 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 29 percent are found and West Region, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 24 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.
Fonga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fonga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fonga last name fell 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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