Faissal Surname
Approximately 2,309 people bear this surname
Faissal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 886 | 1:38,912 | 6,295 |
| Egypt | 793 | 1:115,934 | 9,519 |
| Cameroon | 420 | 1:49,450 | 6,468 |
| Brazil | 54 | 1:3,964,339 | 108,357 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Saint Lucia | 6 | 1:29,797 | 1,820 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Faissal (12,037) may also be a first name.
Faissal Demographics
Average Faissal Salary in
United States
$27,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Faissal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faissal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faissal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻴﺼﻞ, Hindi: फैसल) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faissal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 183,872nd most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,156,148 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Faissal reside; 73 percent reside in North Africa and 38 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 54,032nd most frequently used given name in the world, held by 12,037 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 886 people, or 1 in 38,912. Without taking into account Morocco it exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 34 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Faissal Last Name Statistics demography
Faissal earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faissal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faissal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻴﺼﻞ | fysl | - |
| Faissal in the Hindi language | ||
| फैसल | phaisala | - |
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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 Faissal
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