Foumane Surname
Approximately 2,048 people bear this surname
Foumane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,030 | 1:10,231 | 1,354 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Foumane (108) may also be a first name.
Foumane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foumane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foumane is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foumane? popularity and diffusion
Foumane is the 203,212th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,558,372 people. The last name Foumane occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Foumane reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 108 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,030 people, or 1 in 10,231. In Cameroon Foumane is most frequent in: South Region, where 55 percent live, Centre Region, where 36 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and Italy, 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 Foumane
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