Fontou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Fontou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Fontou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fontou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fontou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fontou is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Fontou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fontou are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin Fontou is most common in: Donga Department, where 100 percent are found. Besides Benin Fontou occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 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
- 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 Fontou
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