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
The last name Faiçal occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Faïçal or Faîçal. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faiçal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Faiçal are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Faiçal is also the 118,455th most frequent forename globally, held by 3,573 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 94 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Morocco, where 18 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 Faiçal
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