Compatibility issues with numpy's fromnumeric.py
A recent spate of issues/PR's stemming from calling functions defined in numpy's `fromnumeric.py` module <a href="https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py">here</a> that have identically-named but differently implemented methods/functions in `pandas` is indicative of a much larger compatibility issue between the two libraries with this module.  A thorough overview of all of the functions from the `fromnumeric.py` module and cross-referencing them to implementations in `pandas` is needed to avoid similar issues.

Relevant PRs:
#12413 (issue: #12238)
#12603 (issue: #12600)
#12638

<a href="https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/7325">#7325</a> (from `numpy`)
