Fossong Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Fossong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 254 | 1:81,768 | 9,997 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Fossong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fossong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossong? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name Fossong occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fossong live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 254 people, or 1 in 81,768. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 40 percent live, Southwest Region, where 35 percent live and Littoral Region, where 20 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Angola, where 0 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 Fossong
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