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
The last name Fafe (Arabic: فافي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻓﻪ) is more frequently found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Fafè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 760,012th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Fafe reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Fafe is also the 296,201st most widespread first name internationally, held by 768 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Portugal, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 73,368. Excluding Portugal this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 36 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Fafe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fafe has changed over time. In The United States it declined 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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