Famanta Surname

76,700th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Famanta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Famanta Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali6,1951:2,739222
Senegal1331:109,6191,087
Mauritania291:141,2027,956
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
Burkina Faso101:1,835,21014,348
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Famanta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Famanta Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Famanta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻣﻨﺘﺎ) occurs in Mali more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Famanta? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 76,700th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,141,175 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Famanta live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Mande Africa.

Famanta is most frequent in Mali, where it is borne by 6,195 people, or 1 in 2,739. Excluding Mali this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 2 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fatmanta9361/
Fatmanto8028/
Famantie801/
Vaimanta801/
Faismanto7520/
Famonto7137/
Vamanto718/
Vemanta713/
Vamantie671/
Vamonte572/
Vamonto572/
Phaimonthai561/
Veamonte5315/
Vaamonte537/
Phomanto532/
Vamontee531/
Phamontee504/
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Famanta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Famanta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﺎﻣﻨﺘﺎfamnta66.67
ﻓﺎﻣﺎﻧﺘﺎfamanta33.33

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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 Famanta
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