Founou Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Founou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Founou (38) may also be a first name.
Founou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Founou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Founou occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Founou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 379,929th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Founou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Founou is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 38 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Outside of Togo this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 5 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 Founou
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