Faatse Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Faatse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Faatše (3) are calculated separately.
Faatse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faatse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faatse is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Faatše. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faatse? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Faatse are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Faatse is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 508,140. In Lesotho it is most common in: Leribe District, where 75 percent are found and Maseru District, where 25 percent are found. Barring Lesotho it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, 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 Faatse
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