Fongue Surname
Approximately 772 people bear this surname
Fongue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 539 | 1:38,533 | 5,151 |
| Brazil | 120 | 1:1,783,953 | 57,833 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Fongue (80) may also be a first name.
Fongue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fongue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fongue occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongue? popularity and diffusion
It is the 442,751st most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,439,826 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Fongue live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fongue is also the 1,075,395th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 80 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 539 people, or 1 in 38,533. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 38 percent live, Littoral Region, where 33 percent live and Centre Region, where 22 percent live. Other than Cameroon Fongue occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 16 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
Fongue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fongue has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fongue surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Fongue
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