Fonghon Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Fonghon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Fonghon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonghon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonghon has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonghon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fonghon is the 1,882,912th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fonghon reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 75 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Ogun, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Fonghon is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 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 Fonghon
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