Al Farah Surname

79,970th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,095 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Al Farah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Farah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen5,0701:5,212739
Syria7321:26,3681,789
Kuwait1251:30,4063,898
Lebanon681:82,8985,453
Palestine591:77,0996,249
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Tunisia71:87,23213,677
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Al Farah (25) may also be a first name.

Al Farah Last Name Facts

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

Al Farah is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 79,970th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,195,660 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Farah reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Al Farah is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.

The surname Al Farah is most widespread in Yemen, where it is borne by 5,070 people, or 1 in 5,212. In Yemen Al Farah is mostly concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 46 percent are found, Sa'dah Governorate, where 19 percent are found and Amanat Al Asimah, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 12 percent are found and Kuwait, where 2 percent are found.

Al Farah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (43%) in Lebanon.

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Farah
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