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
Faanga occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Faanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Faanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Faanga is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Faanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Faanga are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Faanga is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found.
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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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