Fosong Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Fosong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Fosong (682) may also be a first name.
Fosong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fosong is found most in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fosong.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Fosong is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Fosong reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 316,970th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 682 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Fosong is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Fosong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fosong has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Fosong
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