Famà Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Famà Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Famà Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2001:305,78338,187
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Fama (10,853) & Famá (37) are calculated separately.

Famà Last Name Facts

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

Famà is found most in Italy. It may occur as a variant: Fama or Famá. For other possible spellings of Famà click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Famà? popularity and diffusion

The surname Famà is the 1,155,901st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Famà reside; 97 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The last name Famà is most widely held in Italy, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 305,783. In Italy it is most common in: Sicily, where 41 percent live, Lombardy, where 18 percent live and Liguria, where 12 percent live. Barring Italy Famà occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fama9210,853/
Famá9237/
Famo75484/
Fatma67146,311/
Faima671,929/
Fahma671,130/
Famau67909/
Famat67773/
Famea67332/
Famas67295/
Famma67255/
Fauma67199/
Famou67198/
Famah67195/
Famos67149/
Famai67126/
Fayma6792/
Famey6779/
Famga6764/
Fajma6760/
Famad6734/
Fasma6728/
Famay6726/
Famaa6726/
Feama6725/
Famoh6723/
Faama6723/
Famuo6721/
Fatmo6720/
Fahmo6716/
Famaz6715/
Faimo6712/
Famoo676/
Famei673/
Famoa672/
Fhama672/
Famaj672/
Fammo671/
Famêa671/
Faumo671/
Fameu671/
Famoz671/

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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 Famà
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