Fafani Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Fafani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fafani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Fafani (23) may also be a first name.

Fafani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fafani (Hindi: फाफनी) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fafani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 46 percent of Fafani reside; 38 percent reside in North Africa and 38 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Fafani is also the 2,239,265th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.

It is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 13,224,919. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: East Java, where 100 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 35 percent reside and Iran, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faffani925/
Fasfani921/
Fofani83108/
Fafana8392/
Fafane838/
Foffani77157/
Foufani776/
Fofanai772/
Fafaine771/
Faifane771/
Fafanyo771/
Fofanie771/
Fafanna771/
Fofanii771/
Faphanit7129/
Fofanaia717/
Fofannie711/
Fofanaih711/
Vafaanie711/
Phatfani711/
Feafanes711/
Fofana67592,306/
Fafone67109/
Fafona6722/
Fofane6718/
Fofanh6713/
Fofaná671/

Fafani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fafani in the Hindi language
फाफनीphaphani-

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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 Fafani
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