Famoye Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Famoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 516 | 1:343,300 | 18,611 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Famoye (22) may also be a first name.
Famoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Famoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Famoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Famoye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 591,720th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Famoye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Famoye is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 22 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 516 people, or 1 in 343,300. In Nigeria Famoye is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 27 percent live, Ondo, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Famoye occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Georgia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Famoe | 91 | 9 | / |
| Famye | 91 | 5 | / |
| Faamoe | 83 | 60 | / |
| Famaye | 83 | 58 | / |
| Famiye | 83 | 36 | / |
| Famoya | 83 | 35 | / |
| Famoyi | 83 | 11 | / |
| Fammoe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Fameye | 83 | 4 | / |
| Femoye | 83 | 4 | / |
| Famoue | 83 | 3 | / |
| Famoyd | 83 | 2 | / |
| Famiyeh | 77 | 1,188 | / |
| Fameyeh | 77 | 347 | / |
| Fa'amoe | 77 | 20 | / |
| Famowei | 77 | 14 | / |
| Famaiye | 77 | 7 | / |
| Famea | 73 | 332 | / |
| Famou | 73 | 198 | / |
| Famie | 73 | 174 | / |
| Famey | 73 | 79 | / |
| Famay | 73 | 26 | / |
| Fomoe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Famae | 73 | 10 | / |
| Famee | 73 | 7 | / |
| Famue | 73 | 4 | / |
| Famei | 73 | 3 | / |
| Famoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fameu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vamoy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Femoy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Famoyowa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fammiyeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fahmey | 67 | 3,538 | / |
| Famous | 67 | 3,210 | / |
| Famiya | 67 | 286 | / |
| Fahmay | 67 | 188 | / |
| Famaey | 67 | 181 | / |
| Fameus | 67 | 50 | / |
| Famayo | 67 | 47 | / |
| Famaya | 67 | 32 | / |
| Famuyi | 67 | 29 | / |
| Famejo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Femoue | 67 | 19 | / |
| Famuya | 67 | 19 | / |
| Famieh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Faimoa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Faymoi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fahmei | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fomowe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fomyeh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fammey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fameia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fammie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fameya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fhamey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Famoua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fommoe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fammee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fammou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famoia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famyia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famgou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faymay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faimee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faimae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feumoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feamey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatmea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatmei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fomoyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vamaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vammoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vamoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feamue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faimie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fahmou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatmay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatmou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famoji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famayi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Famoye
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