Faineant Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Faineant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Faineant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faineant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faineant is found most frequently in France. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Faineant? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Faineant is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Faineant are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
It is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 3,495,933. In France it is primarily found in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 74 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 21 percent are found and Normandy, where 5 percent are found. Outside of France Faineant exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 8 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 Faineant
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