Faferek Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Faferek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Faferek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Faferek Last Name Facts

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

Faferek is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faferek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,661,929th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Faferek reside; 38 percent reside in Western Europe and 36 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany it is primarily found in: Berlin, where 79 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 32 percent live and Canada, where 28 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fajferek93286/
Faiferek9321/
Feiferek807/
Foforek711/
Feifarek67134/
Fajferic677/
Feifareck6333/
Pfeiferik635/
Fajfaric531/
Feifarick502/

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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 Faferek
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