Fab Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Haiti

Fab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan581:404,2203,133
Haiti391:273,9469,218
Indonesia371:3,574,303189,798
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

The alternate forms: Fáb (5) are calculated separately.

Fab (1,705) may also be a first name.

Fab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fab Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fab (Arabic: فب, Russian: Фаб) is found most frequently in Taiwan. It may occur as a variant: Fáb. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fab? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fab is the 1,181,191st most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Fab reside; 29 percent reside in East Asia and 29 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Fab is also the 186,065th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 1,705 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 404,220. In Taiwan Fab is primarily found in: Tainan City, where 28 percent live, Taoyuan City, where 24 percent live and New Taipei City, where 10 percent live. Barring Taiwan Fab exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 18 percent live.

Fab Last Name Statistics demography

Fab earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.65% less than the national average, earning $40,913 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fáb895/
Pfab861,773/
Faub8635/
Fabz8627/
Fayb8622/
Faib8621/
Fabs8617/
Faab8616/
Fabh868/
Faeb864/
Fasb863/
Fabt863/
Fabd862/
Fahb862/
Vfab861/
Ffab861/
Feab861/
Fgab861/
Pfaab7556/
Pfaub757/
Fahab755/
Fhaib754/
Fassb751/
Faibz751/
Fasbp751/
Faubs750/
Feaub750/
Faibs750/
Faw675,172/
Fabová67563/
Faf67156/
Feb67114/
Vab6799/
Fav6758/
Fap6746/
Fabova6733/
Fob6731/
Fahabd678/

Fab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fab in the Russian language
Фабfab-
Fab in the Arabic language
فبfb-

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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
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  • 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 Fab
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