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 occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongu? popularity and diffusion
Fongu is the 598,302nd most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Fongu are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fongu is also the 2,900,335th most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 15 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 496 people, or 1 in 41,873. In Cameroon Fongu is most common in: Southwest Region, where 46 percent live, Northwest Region, where 35 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Fongu exists in 6 countries. It is also found 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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