Fakaye Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Fakaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Fakaye (14) may also be a first name.
Fakaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fakaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fakaye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,075,631st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fakaye are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fakaye is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria Fakaye is mostly found in: Lagos, where 32 percent reside, Ogun, where 28 percent reside and Oyo, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 7 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 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 Fakaye
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