Fonye Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Fonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 310 | 1:66,997 | 8,459 |
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 1:536,540 | 16,589 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Fonye (25) may also be a first name.
Fonye Demographics
Average Fonye Salary in
South Africa
R 11,472
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Fonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fonye is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fonye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 746,827th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Fonye are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Fonye is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name on earth, held by 25 people.
Fonye is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 66,997. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 68 percent are found, Centre Region, where 18 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Fonye Last Name Statistics demography
Fonye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 95.17% less than the national average, earning R 11,472 per year.
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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 Fonye
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