Fongni Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Fongni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 122 | 1:84,718 | 9,949 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Fongni (10) may also be a first name.
Fongni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fongni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fongni is most common in Benin. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,612,213th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fongni are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fongni is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name on earth, held by 10 people.
The surname Fongni is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 84,718. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 46 percent live, Littoral Department, where 16 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 10 percent live. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Fongni
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