Fonkam Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
Fonkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 506 | 1:41,046 | 5,470 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
Fonkam (79) may also be a first name.
Fonkam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonkam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonkam is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fonkam.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonkam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fonkam is the 594,812th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 13,907,530 people. The surname Fonkam occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Fonkam live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fonkam is also the 1,083,225th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 79 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 41,046. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 26 percent live, Centre Region, where 23 percent live and Northwest Region, where 22 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fongkam | 92 | 101 | / |
| Fonkame | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fonckam | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fongkham | 86 | 2,242 | / |
| Fonckham | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fankam | 83 | 2,773 | / |
| Fomkam | 83 | 17 | / |
| Fonkom | 83 | 6 | / |
| Fhongkham | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fangkam | 77 | 126 | / |
| Fankham | 77 | 33 | / |
| Vongkam | 77 | 14 | / |
| Fongkom | 77 | 8 | / |
| Phonkam | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fungkam | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fankame | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fonkoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phonkham | 71 | 2,398 | / |
| Fangkham | 71 | 696 | / |
| Vongkham | 71 | 98 | / |
| Fongkome | 71 | 30 | / |
| Phongkam | 71 | 14 | / |
| Fongkhom | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fungkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phongkham | 67 | 2,084 | / |
| Vankam | 67 | 1,339 | / |
| Fankom | 67 | 14 | / |
| Phoungkam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vongkhaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vonkom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoonkham | 67 | 1 | / |
| Funkom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vunkam | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fonkam
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