Foondun Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Foondun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foondun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius1261:10,2652,229
England101:5,571,806158,774
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
France11:66,422,722504,397
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Foondun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Foondun Come From? nationality or country of origin

Foondun occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foondun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,471,719th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Foondun are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.

The surname Foondun is most widely held in Mauritius, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 10,265. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 68 percent live, Port Louis District, where 26 percent live and Moka District, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritius Foondun exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fondun922/
Fondoun8628/
Foondon863/
Fondung861/
Fondune860/
Foondoon801/
Fondon77914/
Fandun7725/
Fondón7721/
Fondum7720/
Vondun7710/
Fundun770/
Foundoung752/
Vonduhn7161/
Fandunc7116/
Fondoum7115/
Foindum7113/
Fundaun7112/
Fomdung7110/
Vondunn7110/
Phondun714/
Fundung713/
Fandune711/
Fandoung672/

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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
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  • 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 Foondun
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