Fakai Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Fakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Fakai (4,077) may also be a first name.
Fakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fakai (Hindi: फकई, Marathi: फाकाई) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fakai is the 1,125,333rd most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name Fakai is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Fakai are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fakai is also the 109,071st most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 4,077 people.
The surname Fakai is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria Fakai is most numerous in: Kebbi, where 66 percent live, Zamfara, where 10 percent live and Kaduna, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fakai in the Hindi language | ||
| फकई | phaka'i | - |
| Fakai in the Marathi language | ||
| फाकाई | phaka'i | - |
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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 Fakai
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