Faiwe Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Faiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon351:593,40245,326
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447

Faiwe (209) may also be a first name.

Faiwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Faiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Faiwe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faiwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,876,555th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Faiwe live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 625,736th most widely held given name globally It is held by 209 people.

The last name Faiwe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon Faiwe is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 89 percent are found, North Region, where 6 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Fawe89387/
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Fiwe893/
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Fahwer730/
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Fabi6710,411/
Fabe672,974/
Fawa672,737/
Fawy672,475/
Favi672,424/
Fawi672,375/
Fave672,285/
Five671,419/
Fiwa67443/
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Vawe6726/
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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 Faiwe
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