Faname Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Faname Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Faname Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faname Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faname has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faname? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Faname live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Faname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Faname is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 88 percent reside and Yobe, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 8 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Faname
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