Fono Surname
Approximately 5,554 people bear this surname
Fono Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,382 | 1:53,458 | 6,444 |
| South Africa | 1,327 | 1:40,827 | 5,240 |
| Cameroon | 1,237 | 1:16,790 | 2,305 |
| Indonesia | 778 | 1:169,986 | 16,501 |
| Papua New Guinea | 311 | 1:26,218 | 2,922 |
| Solomon Islands | 180 | 1:3,222 | 333 |
| Brazil | 75 | 1:2,854,324 | 84,307 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 1:203,256 | 14,332 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Fonó (91) & Foño (1) are calculated separately.
Fono (647) may also be a first name.
Fono Demographics
Average Fono Salary in
United States
$59,985 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fono Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fono Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fono (Hindi: फोनो, Russian: Фоно) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Fonó or Foño. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fono? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 86,707th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,312,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Fono are found; 47 percent are found in Central Africa and 41 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fono is also the 326,733rd most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 647 people.
The surname Fono is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,382 people, or 1 in 53,458. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 48 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 24 percent are found and Cameroon, where 22 percent are found.
Fono Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fono has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fono last name increased 4,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fono Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Fono last name are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Fono earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.27% less than the national average, earning R 139,560 per year; in United States they earn 39.02% more than the national average, earning $59,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.13% more than the national average, earning $62,665 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fono Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fono in the Hindi language | ||
| फोनो | phono | - |
| Fono in the Russian language | ||
| Фоно | fono | - |
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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 Fono
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