Fakanya Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Fakanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 1:162,508 | 20,181 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Fakanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fakanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fakanya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakanya? popularity and diffusion
Fakanya is the 1,817,111th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Fakanya are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 162,508. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 32 percent reside, Harare Province, where 31 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 27 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe Fakanya is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Iceland, where 1 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
- 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 Fakanya
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