Faniye Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Faniye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Faniye (230) may also be a first name.
Faniye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faniye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faniye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faniye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Faniye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Faniye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 591,855th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 230 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 33 percent reside, Ondo, where 33 percent reside and Ogun, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 12 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 Faniye
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