Failan Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Failan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 89 | 1:1,137,508 | 91,778 |
| Pakistan | 32 | 1:5,582,621 | 34,646 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Failan (118) may also be a first name.
Failan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Failan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Failan (Hindi: फैलान, Marathi: फैलान) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Failan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Failan reside; 70 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Failan is also the 859,937th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 118 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 1,137,508. In The Philippines Failan is primarily found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 75 percent reside, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 15 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 4 percent reside. Barring The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Failan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Failan in the Marathi language | ||
| फैलान | phailana | - |
| Failan in the Hindi language | ||
| फैलान | phailana | 92.86 |
| फैलन | phailana | 7.14 |
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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
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- 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 Failan
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