Fafure Surname
Approximately 943 people bear this surname
Fafure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 938 | 1:188,852 | 11,460 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fafure (17) may also be a first name.
Fafure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fafure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fafure occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafure? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 378,680th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 7,728,044 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fafure live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Fafure is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 938 people, or 1 in 188,852. In Nigeria Fafure is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 67 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Oyo, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatfure | 92 | 1 | / |
| Feafure | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fafur | 91 | 5 | / |
| Fafore | 83 | 490 | / |
| Fajfur | 83 | 49 | / |
| Fafeur | 83 | 28 | / |
| Fefure | 83 | 5 | / |
| Fafura | 83 | 3 | / |
| Vafure | 83 | 2 | / |
| Fafury | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fafour | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fafouri | 77 | 312 | / |
| Faifura | 77 | 45 | / |
| Fayfura | 77 | 14 | / |
| Fahfour | 77 | 12 | / |
| Fafirei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fadfour | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fajfura | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fazfour | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fafor | 73 | 8 | / |
| Fazfouri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fafurova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Faifor | 67 | 65 | / |
| Fafoor | 67 | 27 | / |
| Fayfor | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fafora | 67 | 6 | / |
| Fofore | 67 | 3 | / |
| Faforh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fafori | 67 | 3 | / |
| Faffor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fofura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vafire | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fafure
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