Famah Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Famah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 167 | 1:26,398 | 2,564 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Famah (183) may also be a first name.
Famah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Famah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Famah (Arabic: فامه) is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Famah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Famah is the 1,206,588th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname Famah is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Famah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Famah is also the 673,127th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 183 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 26,398. In Liberia Famah is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 31 percent reside, Grand Cape Mount County, where 23 percent reside and Lofa County, where 21 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Famah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Famah in the Arabic language | ||
| فامه | famh | - |
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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 Famah
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