Famiyeh Surname

315,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Famiyeh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Famiyeh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana1,1781:22,9382,795
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Famiyeh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Famiyeh is most common in Ghana. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Famiyeh.

How Common Is The Last Name Famiyeh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 315,757th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 6,134,298 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Famiyeh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,178 people, or 1 in 22,938. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fammiyeh931/
Famiye9236/
Famieh9210/
Fameyeh86347/
Fomiyeh861/
Fajmieh861/
Famaieh861/
Famie83174/
Famye835/
Fahmiyah8088/
Fahamieh8015/
Famoye77527/
Famiya77286/
Famaye7758/
Fomyeh775/
Fameye774/
Fammie772/
Faimie771/
Famije771/
Famhie771/
Fomieh771/
Fahamiyah753/
Fasmiya7111/
Fahmiya713/
Fahmiey712/
Fahamie712/
Fahmije711/
Faimiya711/
Faumiya711/
Famhaie710/
Famea67332/
Famai67126/
Famey6779/
Famay6726/
Fomie6711/
Famae6710/
Famoe679/
Famujish678/
Famee677/
Famue674/
Famei673/
Fahamiya671/
Fahmawie671/
Famui671/
Fameu671/

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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 Famiyeh
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