Fongwen Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Fongwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 130 | 1:159,762 | 17,345 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fongwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fongwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fongwen occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fongwen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Fongwen occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Fongwen are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 159,762. In Cameroon Fongwen is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 42 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 36 percent reside and Centre Region, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Fongwen
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