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 occurs most in France. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faineant? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Faineant live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Faineant is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 3,495,933. In France Faineant is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 74 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside and Normandy, where 5 percent reside. Apart from France this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 8 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 Faineant
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