Founga Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Founga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 298 | 1:16,742 | 2,037 |
| Cyprus | 20 | 1:44,244 | 4,510 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Founga (18) may also be a first name.
Founga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Founga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Founga is more frequently found in The Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Founga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 814,680th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Founga reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Founga is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
It is most widespread in The Congo, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 16,742. In The Congo it is primarily found in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 48 percent reside, Brazzaville Department, where 46 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent reside. Aside from The Congo this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 6 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Founga
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