Faanu Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Faanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Maldives | 105 | 1:3,849 | 372 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Faanu (12) may also be a first name.
Faanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faanu is most common in Ghana. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faanu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 713,660th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Faanu are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread forename at a global level, held by 12 people.
The surname Faanu is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Beside Ghana this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 26 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
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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 Faanu
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