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 found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fakai.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakai? popularity and diffusion
Fakai is the 1,125,333rd most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Fakai live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 109,071st most numerous forename on earth, borne by 4,077 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria Fakai is mostly found in: Kebbi, where 66 percent reside, Zamfara, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 24 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
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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