Fontang Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Fontang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Fontang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontang is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fontang is the 1,955,159th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Fontang occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Fontang live; 47 percent live in Central Africa and 46 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 72 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 12 percent reside and West Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Fontang exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 41 percent reside and Thailand, where 11 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 Fontang
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