Faniah Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Faniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Faniah (184) may also be a first name.
Faniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faniah is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Faniah.
How Common Is The Last Name Faniah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Faniah are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Faniah is also the 671,014th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 184 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 5,289,968. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 44 percent are found, South Kalimantan, where 32 percent are found and East Java, where 24 percent are found. Besides Indonesia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 47 percent are found and Botswana, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Faniah
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