Fongou Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Fongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 300 | 1:69,230 | 8,709 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Fongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fongou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 883,255th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fongou reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Fongou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 69,230. In Cameroon it is most common in: West Region, where 41 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Fongou
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