Faizoun Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Faizoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Faïzoun (51) & Faîzoun (3) are calculated separately.
Faizoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faizoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faizoun occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Faïzoun or Faîzoun. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faizoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Faizoun are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Faizoun is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 184,564. In Benin Faizoun is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 46 percent live, Zou Department, where 38 percent live and Borgou Department, where 2 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live.
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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 Faizoun
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