Faanga Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Faanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Faanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faanga is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Faanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Faanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Faanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Faanga live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Faanga is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Faanga is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Faanga occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Faanga
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