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
The last name Fontou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fontou.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fontou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin Fontou is mostly concentrated in: Donga Department, where 100 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
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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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