Fafa Surname
Approximately 4,943 people bear this surname
Fafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Algeria | 626 | 1:61,712 | 10,250 |
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Morocco | 579 | 1:59,544 | 9,923 |
| Nigeria | 408 | 1:434,173 | 22,377 |
| Brazil | 104 | 1:2,058,407 | 65,034 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Vietnam | 73 | 1:1,269,124 | 2,008 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Greece | 40 | 1:276,995 | 41,298 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Albania | 19 | 1:153,371 | 11,939 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
The alternate forms: Fafá (35), Fáfa (1) & Fáfá (1) are calculated separately.
Fafa (21,839) may also be a first name.
Fafa Demographics
Average Fafa Salary in
United States
$58,025 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fafa (Arabic: فافا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻑ) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may occur as: Fafá, Fáfa or Fáfá. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fafa is the 96,249th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,474,316 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Fafa reside; 36 percent reside in North Africa and 26 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Fafa is also the 35,405th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 21,839 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Besides Ethiopia Fafa occurs in 61 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 14 percent are found and Algeria, where 13 percent are found.
Fafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Fafa surname is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Christian (63%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Fafa surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the political party.
The amount Fafa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.01% less than the national average, earning R 73,644 per year and in United States they earn 34.48% more than the national average, earning $58,025 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻑ | faf | 50 |
| ﺃﻓﺎﻓﻪ | afafh | 50 |
| Fafa in the Arabic language | ||
| فافا | fafa | - |
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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 Fafa
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