Fonou Surname
Approximately 1,277 people bear this surname
Fonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 707 | 1:29,376 | 3,961 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fonou (19) may also be a first name.
Fonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 298,199th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,706,770 people. The surname Fonou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fonou live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 19 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 707 people, or 1 in 29,376. In Cameroon Fonou is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 37 percent reside, West Region, where 34 percent reside and Centre Region, where 27 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 41 percent reside and Benin, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Fonou
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