Fongu Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Fongu Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 496 | 1:41,873 | 5,569 |
Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Fongu (15) may also be a first name.
Fongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fongu is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 598,302nd most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,014,511 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Fongu reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 41,873. In Cameroon Fongu is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 46 percent live, Northwest Region, where 35 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Fongu
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