Faisa Surname
Approximately 2,162 people bear this surname
Faisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,580 | 1:112,116 | 7,472 |
| Pakistan | 250 | 1:714,576 | 10,659 |
| Indonesia | 199 | 1:664,569 | 51,932 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Faísa (1) are calculated separately.
Faisa (12,226) may also be a first name.
Faisa Demographics
Faisa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Faisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faisa (Arabic: فيصا, Hindi: फैसा) is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms: Faísa. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Faisa is the 194,363rd most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 3,370,743 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Faisa live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 53,473rd most frequent given name internationally, held by 12,226 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,580 people, or 1 in 112,116. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 96 percent are found, Kebbi, where 1 percent are found and Kano, where 1 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 12 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.
Faisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faisa in the Hindi language | ||
| फैसा | phaisa | 28.57 |
| फैसल | phaisala | 28.57 |
| फाइसा | pha'isa | 28.57 |
| फईसा | pha'isa | 14.29 |
| Faisa in the Arabic language | ||
| فيصا | fysa | - |
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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 Faisa
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