Faiçal Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Faiçal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
The alternate forms: Faïçal (4) & Faîçal (1) are calculated separately.
Faiçal (3,573) may also be a first name.
Faiçal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faiçal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faiçal is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Faïçal or Faîçal. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faiçal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Faiçal occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Faiçal are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 118,455th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 3,573 people.
Faiçal is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Faiçal is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 94 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and Morocco, where 18 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
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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 Faiçal
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