Fonkou Surname
Approximately 5,449 people bear this surname
Fonkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,376 | 1:3,863 | 460 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Fonkou (91) may also be a first name.
Fonkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonkou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fonkou is the 88,174th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,337,410 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fonkou live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 91 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 5,376 people, or 1 in 3,863. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 33 percent are found, West Region, where 32 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 30 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Fonkou
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