Faniya Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Faniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Faniya (13,930) may also be a first name.
Faniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faniya (Hindi: फणिया, Marathi: फनीया, Russian: Фания) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faniya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Faniya reside; 43 percent reside in Central Africa and 41 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Faniya is also the 48,777th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 13,930 people.
The surname Faniya is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Apart from The DR Congo Faniya exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Russia, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faniya in the Marathi language | ||
| फनीया | phaniya | - |
| Faniya in the Hindi language | ||
| फणिया | phaniya | 53.33 |
| फणीया | phaniya | 25.88 |
| फनिया | phaniya | 17.65 |
| फनीया | phaniya | 1.96 |
| फाणिया | phaniya | 0.78 |
| फानिया | phaniya | 0.39 |
| Faniya in the Russian language | ||
| Фания | fania | - |
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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 Faniya
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