Fafen Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Fafen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Fafen (16) may also be a first name.
Fafen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fafen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fafen (Hindi: फफेन) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fafen.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Fafen reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Fafen is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: New Ireland, where 48 percent live, Madang, where 39 percent live and East New Britain, where 9 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and Liberia, where 3 percent live.
Fafen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fafen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fafen last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fafuen | 91 | 4 | / |
| Fafeng | 91 | 1 | / |
| Faffen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Faifen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fafn | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pfaffen | 83 | 532 | / |
| Faafeng | 83 | 50 | / |
| Fafin | 80 | 690 | / |
| Fefen | 80 | 48 | / |
| Fafem | 80 | 4 | / |
| Fofen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fafina | 73 | 63 | / |
| Faffin | 73 | 20 | / |
| Pfefen | 73 | 15 | / |
| Foifen | 73 | 8 | / |
| Foffen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Feifen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Faefin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foufen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fafyna | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faufin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vaefen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pfeffen | 67 | 40 | / |
| Feifeng | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pfeifen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pfaffin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Faiffin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phafeng | 67 | 1 | / |
Fafen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fafen in the Hindi language | ||
| फफेन | phaphena | - |
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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 Fafen
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