Faarax Surname
Approximately 12,241 people bear this surname
Faarax Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 8,382 | 1:1,605 | 164 |
| Somaliland | 3,365 | 1:1,040 | 131 |
| Djibouti | 424 | 1:2,158 | 210 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Faarax (1,593) may also be a first name.
Faarax Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faarax Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faarax is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faarax? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,541st most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 595,339 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Faarax are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Faarax is also the 193,676th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 1,593 people.
This surname is most widely held in Somalia, where it is borne by 8,382 people, or 1 in 1,605. Apart from Somalia Faarax occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Somaliland, where 27 percent live and Djibouti, where 3 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 Faarax
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