Faama Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Faama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Faama (19) may also be a first name.
Faama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faama (Hindi: फईमा) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Faama.
How Common Is The Last Name Faama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Faama live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Faama is also the 2,523,061st most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 19 people.
This last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 2,097,385. In The Ivory Coast Faama is primarily found in: Vallée du Bandama District, where 91 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 26 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faama in the Hindi language | ||
| फईमा | pha'ima | - |
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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 Faama
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