Foungou Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Foungou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 210 | 1:91,391 | 3,845 |
| Congo | 58 | 1:86,019 | 7,322 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Foungou (67) may also be a first name.
Foungou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foungou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foungou is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Foungou.
How Common Is The Last Name Foungou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 961,438th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Foungou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Foungou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Chadic Africa. Foungou is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 67 people.
The last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 91,391. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 67 percent live, Agadez Region, where 18 percent live and Maradi Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Niger this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Foungou
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