Fafe Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Fafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| Benin | 137 | 1:75,442 | 9,022 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Fafè (1) are calculated separately.
Fafe (768) may also be a first name.
Fafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fafe (Arabic: فافي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻓﻪ) occurs more in Portugal more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Fafè. For other potential spellings of Fafe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fafe is the 760,012th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Fafe are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Fafe is also the 296,201st most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 768 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Portugal, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 73,368. Barring Portugal this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 36 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Fafe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fafe has changed through the years. In The United States it contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fafe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fafe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻓﻪ | fafh | 66.67 |
| ﻓﺎﻑ | faf | 33.33 |
| Fafe in the Arabic language | ||
| فافي | fafy | - |
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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 Fafe
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