Fa'afua Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Fa'afua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fa'afua Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Fa'afua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fa'afua Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fa'afua occurs in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fa'afua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Fa'afua live; 59 percent live in Australasia and 59 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 503,147. In New Zealand Fa'afua is mostly found in: Auckland Region, where 89 percent live and Wellington Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from New Zealand this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 41 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faafua9218/
Fafua833/
Faifua7740/
Fabua6716/
Vafua675/
Foifua6227/
Phaifuay532/
Favva5055/
Vavua5028/
Fabba5017/
Fabwa5010/
Phaifuaey501/
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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 Fa'afua
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