Fone is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fone
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fone

How popular is Fone?

Fone is ranked 126155 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fones grew by 11.85567 per cent to 217 since 2000 and ranked 86005 after elevating 2820 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.19 77.32
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 13.82 13.4
Hispanic or Latino 6.45 0
Black 2.76 0
Fone is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Cameroon which may be its originating country too. Around 3147 people have been found who wears Fone as their family name. Fone is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
82,942 Zimbabwe8
9,053 Senegal5
918,840 India5
14,054 China3
184,212 France3
14,193 Egypt3
108,034 Italy3
26,123 Malaysia2
4,164 Vietnam2
7,574 Bangladesh2
10,858 Tunisia2
2,715 Gabon1
172,258 Germany1
6,212 Jamaica1
1,819 Laos1
21,562 Portugal1
3,307 Malta1
56,169 Mexico1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,553 Taiwan1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
124,653 Canada20
28,338 Norway20
11,516 Mauritania18
14,048 Ireland16
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
11,434 New Zealand57
Countries with hundreds of Fone:
4,304 Cameroon793
6,641 Pakistan754
10,307 England618
86,194 United States271
58,806 Indonesia151
64,630 Brazil143
22,464 Australia110
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

G. Fone was 7 years old when he migrated to New York on April 22, 1890. He lived in Italy and took Elysia from Naples & Trieste.

Fone Namesakes

  • Eric Foner, Historian
  • Franky Fonell, Musical Artist
  • Moe Foner, Labor leader
  • Eric Foner, Historian
  • Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, Screenwriter
  • Eric Foner, Historian
  • Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, Screenwriter

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