Al-Farsi Surname
Approximately 2,239 people bear this surname
Al-Farsi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 1,627 | 1:2,267 | 336 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
Al-Farsi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al-Farsi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Al-Farsi is held by more people in Oman than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Farsi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 188,791st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,254,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al-Farsi reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
Al-Farsi is most numerous in Oman, where it is borne by 1,627 people, or 1 in 2,267. In Oman Al-Farsi is mostly found in: Muscat Governorate, where 0 percent live, Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, where 0 percent live and Ad Dhahirah Governorate, where 0 percent live. Apart from Oman this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 25 percent live and Iran, where 1 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
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- 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
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