Fahaya Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Fahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 70 | 1:147,651 | 15,402 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Fahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fahaya is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fahaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fahaya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 147,651. In Benin Fahaya is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 71 percent live, Collines Department, where 16 percent live and Plateau Department, where 10 percent live. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Fahaya
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