Faf Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam

Faf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam1091:849,9641,771
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Faf (147) may also be a first name.

Faf Last Name Facts

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

Faf (Arabic: عفف, Russian: Фаф) has its highest incidence in Vietnam. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Faf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,398,030th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Faf are found; 76 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 70 percent are found in Viet-Asia. It is also the 760,591st most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 147 people.

The last name Faf is most prevalent in Vietnam, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 849,964. In Vietnam it is mostly found in: Southeast, where 64 percent live, Red River Delta, where 15 percent live and Mekong River Delta, where 11 percent live. Aside from Vietnam Faf exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and Thailand, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faff86408/
Fafe86376/
Pfaf86172/
Fasf8674/
Faif8626/
Fayf8624/
Fauf8624/
Hfaf8613/
Fafs8612/
Faft864/
Faaf864/
Fadf862/
Fahf862/
Fazf861/
Wfaf861/
Fgaf861/
Fhaf861/
Fafh861/
Fapf860/
Pfaff7530,050/
Faife7522,189/
Pfayf75115/
Faffe7548/
Pfafe7510/
Pfaif757/
Fasdf756/
Fafth754/
Faufz754/
Pffaf754/
Fauft753/
Feafe751/
Fahaf751/
Fahfe751/
Faafe751/
Ffaff751/
Pfafs751/
Pfaft750/
Fafft750/
Faw675,172/
Pfaffe67595/
Fof67464/
Fab67201/
Fav6758/
Vaf6711/
Pffafe672/
Fasffs671/
Fasdfe671/
Fahafe671/
Fahyfh671/
Faiffe671/
Faufth671/
Pffaff671/
Fafftt670/

Faf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Faf in the Russian language
Фафfaf-
Faf in the Arabic language
عففff-

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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
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  • 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 Faf
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