Fandai Surname
Approximately 649 people bear this surname
Fandai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 619 | 1:33,553 | 4,525 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Fandai (889) may also be a first name.
Fandai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fandai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fandai (Bengali: ফনদাই, Marathi: फंडाई) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fandai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fandai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fandai is the 505,580th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,228,884 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Fandai live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 272,584th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 889 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 33,553. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 71 percent live, North Region, where 22 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 2 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fandai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fandai in the Bengali language | ||
| ফনদাই | phanada'i | - |
| Fandai in the Marathi language | ||
| फंडाई | phanda'i | - |
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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 Fandai
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