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 surname Faarax is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faarax? popularity and diffusion
The last name Faarax is the 42,541st most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 595,339 people. The surname Faarax occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Faarax are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 193,676th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 1,593 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Somalia, where it is held by 8,382 people, or 1 in 1,605. Aside from Somalia Faarax is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Somaliland, where 27 percent are found and Djibouti, where 3 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 Faarax
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