Fafian Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Fafian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fafian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2081:224,76914,899
Argentina811:527,69638,577
United States201:18,122,947588,089
England131:4,286,005132,302
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Fafián (8) are calculated separately.

Fafian (13) may also be a first name.

Fafian Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fafian is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Fafián. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fafian? popularity and diffusion

It is the 794,916th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Fafian are found; 59 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Fafian is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 13 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 224,769. In Spain Fafian is primarily found in: Galicia, where 79 percent live, Catalonia, where 8 percent live and Madrid, where 7 percent live. Aside from Spain it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Fafian Last Name Statistics demography

Fafian earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $41,525 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fafián948/
Fefian8317/
Vafian832/
Fafiam831/
Vafijan771/
Vafaiyan713/
Feaffion711/
Fofyan671/
Fofean671/
Feffion621/
Vofijan621/
Phaphian5773/
Phatphian537/
Phaiphian534/

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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 Fafian
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