Fafali Surname

414,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Fafali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fafali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Fafali (851) may also be a first name.

Fafali Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fafali occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fafali? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 414,183rd most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,665,334 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fafali live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fafali is also the 279,423rd most frequently used given name internationally, held by 851 people.

It is most numerous in Ghana, where it is held by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Besides Ghana this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fafalis9273/
Fasfali928/
Fafaali926/
Fafalia926/
Fafalij925/
Fadfali921/
Fasfalis8677/
Faffaeli862/
Fafale83647/
Fafoli8363/
Fafala8313/
Fofali8313/
Vafali833/
Fefali831/
Fofalia7740/
Fafalla7711/
Faifeli772/
Vafalai771/
Fafouli771/
Foufali771/
Fafoulia715/
Faafaale714/
Foffalia711/
Faffaele711/
Pfaffale710/
Fofale67213/
Vafale6736/
Vefali6721/
Fofala6717/
Fofoli6710/
Fefale678/
Fafele676/
Fefeli674/
Fafola671/
Fafely671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fafali
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