Fanah Surname
Approximately 594 people bear this surname
Fanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 490 | 1:27,453 | 1,466 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Fanah (1,010) may also be a first name.
Fanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fanah (Arabic: فانه, Hindi: फानाह) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanah? popularity and diffusion
Fanah is the 540,721st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,268,596 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Fanah are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 253,019th most widely held first name globally It is held by 1,010 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is carried by 490 people, or 1 in 27,453. Aside from Somalia Fanah exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and Liberia, where 4 percent are found.
Fanah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fanah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fanah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fanah in the Hindi language | ||
| फानाह | phanaha | - |
| Fanah in the Arabic language | ||
| فانه | fanh | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Fanah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis