Faye Forename
6,310th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 166,758 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gambia
Faye Forename Definition:
A Old French name, meaning: Fidelity.
Faye Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 112,444 | 1:3,224 | 544 |
| England | 100% | 17,909 | 1:3,105 | 431 |
| Canada | 100% | 8,851 | 1:3,743 | 650 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,739 | 1:20,587 | 2,690 |
| Australia | - | 3,666 | 1:3,725 | 567 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,612 | 1:29,349 | 2,626 |
| Gambia | - | 3,229 | 1:597 | 139 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,375 | 1:3,299 | 552 |
| Senegal | 63% | 1,260 | 1:11,573 | 838 |
| South Africa | 100% | 855 | 1:63,781 | 6,082 |
| China | - | 729 | 1:1,873,876 | 41,571 |
| Scotland | 100% | 717 | 1:7,462 | 600 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Wales | 100% | 656 | 1:4,717 | 578 |
| Jamaica | - | 487 | 1:5,920 | 864 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 443 | 1:38,154 | 2,885 |
| Mali | 100% | 387 | 1:43,870 | 2,498 |
| Guyana | 100% | 377 | 1:2,025 | 390 |
| Thailand | 98% | 303 | 1:231,240 | 14,434 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 240 | 1:96,150 | 5,938 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Greece | 100% | 214 | 1:51,096 | 1,763 |
| Nigeria | 65% | 208 | 1:853,675 | 22,491 |
| Qatar | 100% | 202 | 1:11,731 | 1,873 |
| Bahamas | - | 155 | 1:2,577 | 527 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 142 | 1:12,980 | 842 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 136 | 1:52,588 | 4,682 |
| India | 100% | 133 | 1:9,134,421 | 283,417 |
| France | 100% | 112 | 1:593,485 | 5,912 |
| Hong Kong | - | 99 | 1:78,310 | 2,698 |
| Singapore | 100% | 98 | 1:64,154 | 6,886 |
| DR Congo | 64% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| Congo | 58% | 95 | 1:52,728 | 3,914 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 94 | 1:323,936 | 16,167 |
| Malta | - | 91 | 1:4,718 | 654 |
| Barbados | - | 88 | 1:3,293 | 610 |
| Ireland | 100% | 87 | 1:53,374 | 1,705 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Israel | 100% | 74 | 1:113,553 | 4,644 |
| Japan | - | 74 | 1:1,729,541 | 18,638 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Belgium | 100% | 49 | 1:234,491 | 5,334 |
| Germany | 100% | 49 | 1:1,973,018 | 11,502 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 48 | 1:28,363 | 3,040 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 48 | 1:2,286 | 461 |
| Zimbabwe | 92% | 47 | 1:328,166 | 17,040 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 45 | 1:181,163 | 15,605 |
| Belize | 100% | 42 | 1:8,436 | 1,383 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Iraq | 100% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Niger | 58% | 39 | 1:491,897 | 9,993 |
| Brazil | 100% | 37 | 1:5,790,166 | 86,250 |
| Sweden | 100% | 32 | 1:308,060 | 9,282 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:20,033 | 1,622 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 26 | 1:706,903 | 21,562 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 25 | 1:328,540 | 6,234 |
| Benin | 100% | 23 | 1:459,819 | 15,743 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| Peru | 94% | 21 | 1:1,513,879 | 17,250 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Italy | 51% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Spain | 100% | 18 | 1:2,584,998 | 12,929 |
| Norway | 100% | 14 | 1:366,595 | 7,406 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,697,834 | 48,176 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 12 | 1:21,496,972 | 534,363 |
| Kenya | - | 10 | 1:4,630,711 | 25,538 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Mexico | 100% | 9 | 1:13,793,825 | 37,132 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Russia | 100% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Mauritania | 67% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Pakistan | 65% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | 89% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
Faye (406,562) may also be a surname.
Faye Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Old French name, meaning: Fidelity.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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