Fouman Surname
Approximately 919 people bear this surname
Fouman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 779 | 1:26,661 | 3,625 |
| Iran | 124 | 1:619,214 | 34,078 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Fouman (144) may also be a first name.
Fouman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fouman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fouman is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fouman? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 386,348th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,929,865 people. The last name Fouman is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Fouman reside; 84 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 769,375th most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 144 people.
The surname Fouman is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 779 people, or 1 in 26,661. In Cameroon Fouman is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live, South Region, where 29 percent live and Littoral Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Fouman occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 13 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Fouman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fouman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fouman surname contracted 90 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 Fouman
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