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
The last name Fafure occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafure? popularity and diffusion
It is the 378,680th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,728,044 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fafure are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 17 people.
Fafure is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 938 people, or 1 in 188,852. In Nigeria Fafure is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 67 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Oyo, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found 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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