Famose Surname
Approximately 561 people bear this surname
Famose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 507 | 1:349,394 | 18,879 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Famose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Famose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Famose occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Famose? popularity and diffusion
It is the 564,325th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. Famose occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Famose live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Famose is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 507 people, or 1 in 349,394. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Osun, where 27 percent are found, Oyo, where 20 percent are found and Lagos, where 18 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 5 percent are found and Ireland, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Famouse | 92 | 22 | / |
| Famoshe | 92 | 12 | / |
| Famoose | 92 | 1 | / |
| Famos | 91 | 149 | / |
| Famous | 83 | 3,210 | / |
| Famosa | 83 | 195 | / |
| Famese | 83 | 162 | / |
| Famosi | 83 | 110 | / |
| Famoos | 83 | 11 | / |
| Famuse | 83 | 8 | / |
| Faimos | 83 | 6 | / |
| Famase | 83 | 4 | / |
| Femose | 83 | 3 | / |
| Famoge | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fameshe | 77 | 12 | / |
| Fatmous | 77 | 5 | / |
| Famossi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Famashe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Famossa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Famoust | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vamos | 73 | 1,400 | / |
| Famas | 73 | 295 | / |
| Famós | 73 | 1 | / |
| Famoz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phamotse | 71 | 1,357 | / |
| Famosaya | 71 | 145 | / |
| Famoussa | 71 | 125 | / |
| Famasser | 71 | 4 | / |
| Famosova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fahmeseh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vamosi | 67 | 280 | / |
| Famusi | 67 | 64 | / |
| Vamosh | 67 | 64 | / |
| Vaumousse | 67 | 54 | / |
| Fameus | 67 | 50 | / |
| Vamosy | 67 | 45 | / |
| Fomous | 67 | 15 | / |
| Famasi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Famusa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Fatmas | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vamase | 67 | 9 | / |
| Famasa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Femese | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fameci | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fomosi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Famoza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faumas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Famozi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famoji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatmouche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faimas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vámose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fameze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famezy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phamotshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fomosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famões | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famash | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Famose
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