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 surname Famose is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Famose? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 564,325th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname Famose occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Famose are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Famose is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 507 people, or 1 in 349,394. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 27 percent reside, Oyo, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 18 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent reside and Ireland, where 3 percent reside.
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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