Fonjong Surname

505,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fonjong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fonjong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon6361:32,6564,391
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Fonjong (18) may also be a first name.

Fonjong Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fonjong Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fonjong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fonjong? popularity and diffusion

It is the 505,580th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,228,884 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fonjong reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 18 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 636 people, or 1 in 32,656. In Cameroon Fonjong is most common in: Southwest Region, where 45 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 43 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Fonjong
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis