Fongan Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Fongan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Fongan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fongan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fongan occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fongan.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fongan is the 2,152,526th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname Fongan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Fongan reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 48 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 38 percent reside and West Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Fongan
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