Al Faraj Surname

39,259th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Al Faraj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Faraj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria7,7511:2,490294
Saudi Arabia2,5441:12,1291,681
Kuwait1,1671:3,257430
Jordan7881:11,2212,008
United Arab Emirates5841:15,6891,907
Bahrain2061:6,5471,173
Lebanon1301:43,3623,852
Yemen1241:213,1078,845
Iraq521:673,4939,953
Palestine111:413,53212,017
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Al Faraj Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Faraj is carried by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

Al Faraj is the 39,259th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 544,985 people. The last name Al Faraj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Faraj reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 65 percent reside in Levant.

It is most prevalent in Syria, where it is held by 7,751 people, or 1 in 2,490. In Syria Al Faraj is primarily concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 87 percent are found, Homs Governorate, where 13 percent are found and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Other than Syria it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 19 percent are found and Kuwait, where 9 percent are found.

Al Faraj Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Sunni (99%) 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 Faraj
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