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 is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Fongou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fongou is the 883,255th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. Fongou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fongou live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 69,230. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 41 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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