Fafak Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Fafak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fafak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Fafak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fafak is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fafak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fafak is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Fafak live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Fafak is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 22 percent are found and South Africa, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fafaik9112/
Fafake915/
Fafack912/
Fafakh911/
Faufack8317/
Fafaľák837/
Fafag8040/
Vafak8010/
Fofak803/
Fafaq802/
Fefak801/
Fafok801/
Fafouk732/
Faifax732/
Fadfag731/
Fafaľáková674/
Fashfag671/
Phaifak671/

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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 Fafak
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