Adan Farah Surname

397,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 887 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Adan Farah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adan Farah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia8821:15,252975
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Adan Farah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adan Farah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Adan Farah is more frequently found in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adan Farah? popularity and diffusion

Adan Farah is the 397,164th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,215,948 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adan Farah reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.

The last name Adan Farah is most widely held in Somalia, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 15,252. Without taking into account Somalia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aden Farah903/
Adane Faria861/
Adhanfar781/
Adnfar751/
Adanvar712/
Adanfor712/
Edanfar711/
Adon Farri701/
Adanavar6723/
Adanevar674/
Adinefar673/
Adanofor672/
Aydinfar671/

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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 Adan Farah
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