Famoyewa Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Famoyewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 175 | 1:1,012,244 | 42,687 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Famoyewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Famoyewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Famoyewa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Famoyewa? popularity and diffusion
Famoyewa is the 1,290,735th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name Famoyewa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Famoyewa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 1,012,244. In Nigeria it is most common in: Osun, where 81 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Ogun, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Famoyewa exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Famoyiwa | 88 | 7 | / |
| Famoyowa | 88 | 3 | / |
| Famuyewa | 88 | 3 | / |
| Famoyawa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Famoyeva | 88 | 1 | / |
| Famuewa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Famuyiwa | 75 | 7,113 | / |
| Famoyiwo | 75 | 6 | / |
| Famayowa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Famouïwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Famuyiwua | 71 | 4 | / |
| Famuyiowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Famieva | 67 | 62 | / |
| Famuiwa | 67 | 51 | / |
| Fameeva | 67 | 9 | / |
| Famauwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Famaeva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fomuyiwa | 63 | 3 | / |
| Femuyiwa | 63 | 3 | / |
| Foumouwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Fomiyeva | 63 | 1 | / |
| Famave | 57 | 353 | / |
| Famawe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Famaave | 53 | 4 | / |
| Fahmawe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Famoubo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fomuiwa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fameiwo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fomaeva | 53 | 1 | / |
| Famuyibo | 50 | 539 | / |
| Fameyiwo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Famuyiwo | 50 | 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 Famoyewa
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