Fakiya Surname
Approximately 2,381 people bear this surname
Fakiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Nigeria | 276 | 1:641,822 | 30,209 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Fakiya (531) may also be a first name.
Fakiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fakiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fakiya (Bengali: ফকিয়া, Hindi: फाकिया, Marathi: फकीया) is found most in Ethiopia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 179,201st most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,060,708 people. Fakiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fakiya live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Fakiya is also the 366,022nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 531 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Aside from Ethiopia Fakiya occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fakiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fakiya in the Bengali language | ||
| ফকিয়া | phakiya | - |
| Fakiya in the Marathi language | ||
| फकीया | phakiya | 87.5 |
| फाकीया | phakiya | 12.5 |
| Fakiya in the Hindi language | ||
| फाकिया | phakiya | 64 |
| फकिया | phakiya | 20 |
| फाकीया | phakiya | 12 |
| फकीया | phakiya | 2 |
| फाकिय | phakiya | 2 |
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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 Fakiya
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