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 surname Fahaya has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Fahaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fahaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fahaya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Fahaya is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 147,651. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 71 percent are found, Collines Department, where 16 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 10 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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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