Foumsou Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Foumsou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 156 | 1:133,135 | 14,968 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
Foumsou (11) may also be a first name.
Foumsou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foumsou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foumsou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foumsou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,348,199th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name Foumsou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Foumsou live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Chadic Africa. Foumsou is also the 3,487,849th most widespread forename in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname Foumsou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 133,135. In Cameroon Foumsou is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 83 percent live, Littoral Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Chad, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foumssou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Foumsu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Voumsou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Fomso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Foumdjou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fonsou | 77 | 104 | / |
| Founso | 77 | 6 | / |
| Famsou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fumsho | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fomjou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Founjou | 71 | 247 | / |
| Founzou | 71 | 136 | / |
| Foumsia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fonssou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Feunsou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Funso | 67 | 431 | / |
| Fonso | 67 | 393 | / |
| Funsu | 67 | 201 | / |
| Famso | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fumsa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vounssou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fomsa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fumco | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vumso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foundjou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Foumsou
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