Foumsou Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Foumsou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foumsou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1561:133,13514,968
Chad91:1,510,2445,402

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

Foumsou is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Foumsou.

How Common Is The Last Name Foumsou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,348,199th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Foumsou reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 133,135. In Cameroon Foumsou is most common in: Far North Region, where 83 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 13 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Chad, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foumssou931/
Foumsu921/
Voumsou862/
Fomso831/
Foumdjou801/
Fonsou77104/
Founso776/
Famsou772/
Fumsho772/
Fomjou771/
Founjou71247/
Founzou71136/
Foumsia713/
Fonssou711/
Feunsou711/
Funso67431/
Fonso67393/
Funsu67201/
Famso674/
Fumsa674/
Vounssou674/
Fomsa672/
Fumco672/
Vumso671/
Foundjou671/

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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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