Faforiji Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Faforiji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Faforiji 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
Nigeria791:2,242,31376,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Faforiji Last Name Facts

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

Faforiji is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Faforiji.

How Common Is The Last Name Faforiji? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Faforiji occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Faforiji reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Faforiji is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Faforiji is primarily found in: Osun, where 58 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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
Fafaraj671/
Faverji671/
Fafariya631/
Vaforay5324/
Vafarei531/
Fafarou531/
Fofariya50107/
Vaiforou501/
Vaiforau501/
Fahfarou501/
Vivaraji501/
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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 Faforiji
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