Fafah Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Madagascar

Fafah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fafah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Fafah (2,432) may also be a first name.

Fafah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fafah (Arabic: فافه) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fafah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Fafah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Fafah are found; 33 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Fafah is also the 150,156th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 2,432 people.

The last name Fafah is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia Fafah is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 50 percent live and South Sumatra, where 50 percent live. Apart from Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Madagascar, where 22 percent live and Afghanistan, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Faffah911/
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Faafa80285/
Fafat80279/
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Fatfa806/
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Fadfa803/
Fhafa802/
Fafaz802/
Fafha802/
Fasfa802/
Fayfa802/
Faefa802/
Vafah801/
Pfafa801/
Fashfash773/
Fachfach772/
Fatfat731,178/
Faafaa73665/
Faifai7373/
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Faufau7350/
Fa'afa737/
Pfaffa734/
Foufah734/
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Fazfaz732/
Fayffa731/
Favaha731/
Fafaiz731/
Fhafha731/
Hfaifa731/
Fafacz731/
Foffah731/
Fgafga731/
Faffaz731/
Faufat730/
Faffay730/
Vafa672,417/
Fafo67278/
Fafá6735/
Fatfaud674/
Fasdfas671/
Fa'afoa671/
Fahafaj671/
Faffoth671/
Fafeeha671/

Fafah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fafah in the Arabic language
فافهfafh-

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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 Fafah
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