Fani Surname
Approximately 25,132 people bear this surname
Fani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7,058 | 1:10,879 | 1,443 |
| South Africa | 5,383 | 1:10,065 | 1,250 |
| Indonesia | 2,906 | 1:45,509 | 5,161 |
| Italy | 2,516 | 1:24,307 | 4,294 |
| Zimbabwe | 808 | 1:19,107 | 2,835 |
| Ivory Coast | 627 | 1:36,796 | 2,432 |
| Botswana | 623 | 1:3,510 | 478 |
| Pakistan | 487 | 1:366,825 | 7,136 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Brazil | 371 | 1:577,020 | 21,523 |
| Cameroon | 341 | 1:60,906 | 7,807 |
| United States | 325 | 1:1,115,258 | 80,547 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Albania | 268 | 1:10,873 | 2,022 |
| India | 228 | 1:3,364,322 | 97,031 |
| Algeria | 223 | 1:173,236 | 21,511 |
| Greece | 200 | 1:55,399 | 9,233 |
| Iraq | 173 | 1:202,437 | 4,691 |
| Turkey | 146 | 1:533,023 | 29,752 |
| France | 142 | 1:467,766 | 66,487 |
| Lesotho | 103 | 1:19,734 | 4,129 |
| Niger | 79 | 1:242,937 | 7,779 |
| Argentina | 78 | 1:547,992 | 39,725 |
| Palestine | 70 | 1:64,984 | 5,802 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Afghanistan | 47 | 1:684,110 | 7,621 |
| Switzerland | 45 | 1:182,509 | 16,410 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Lebanon | 39 | 1:144,541 | 7,224 |
| Russia | 38 | 1:3,792,712 | 188,390 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Syria | 31 | 1:622,614 | 5,649 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Transnistria | 8 | 1:59,337 | 8,632 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Faní (3) & Fáni (1) are calculated separately.
Fani (73,172) may also be a first name.
Fani Demographics
Average Fani Salary in
United States
$44,947 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fani (Bengali: ফনী, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺎﻧﻲ, Hindi: फनी, Oriya: ଫଣି, Russian: Фани, Tibetan: ཕཱ་ནི་) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Faní or Fáni. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fani? popularity and diffusion
Fani is the 21,655th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 289,971 people. The last name Fani is predominantly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Fani are found; 31 percent are found in South Asia and 30 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 13,372nd most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 73,172 people.
This surname is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 7,058 people, or 1 in 10,879. In Iran Fani is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 17 percent reside, Fars Province, where 16 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Iran this surname occurs in 81 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.
Fani Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fani has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fani last name grew 3,611 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Fani last name is primarily Greek Orthodox (53%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Fani last name are 4.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.69% registered with the party.
The amount Fani earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 13.24% less than the national average, earning €26,055 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.24% less than the national average, earning R 139,632 per year; in United States they earn 4.17% more than the national average, earning $44,947 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.06% more than the national average, earning $57,662 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fani in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕཱ་ནི་ | pani | - |
| Fani in the Bengali language | ||
| ফনী | phani | 60.47 |
| ফনি | phani | 29.64 |
| ফণী | phani | 6.72 |
| ফণি | phani | 2.37 |
| ফানি | phani | 0.4 |
| Fani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﺎﻧﻲ | afany | 50 |
| ﻓﺎﻧﻲ | fany | 50 |
| Fani in the Hindi language | ||
| फनी | phani | 49.75 |
| फानी | phani | 35.32 |
| फणी | phani | 11.94 |
| फणि | phani | 1.99 |
| फनि | phani | 0.5 |
| Fani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫଣି | phani | 40 |
| ଫନି | phani | 26.67 |
| ଫଣୀ | phani | 20 |
| ଫନୀ | phani | 6.67 |
| ମହାି | mahai | 3.33 |
| ପଂନି | panni | 3.33 |
| Fani in the Russian language | ||
| Фани | fani | - |
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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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- 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 Fani
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