Fonkwo Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Fonkwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 85 | 1:244,342 | 24,081 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Fonkwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonkwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fonkwo is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonkwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fonkwo is the 1,839,022nd most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Fonkwo live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 244,342. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 44 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 29 percent are found and Centre Region, where 19 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Fonkwo is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 4 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
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- 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 Fonkwo
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