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
The last name Fontang occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fontang.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fontang is the 1,955,159th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Fontang reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 46 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Fontang is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 72 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 12 percent reside and West Region, where 7 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common 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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