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 found most frequently in Benin. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fahaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fahaya is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fahaya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 147,651. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 71 percent reside, Collines Department, where 16 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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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