Fanoos Surname
Approximately 509 people bear this surname
Fanoos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 320 | 1:109,443 | 3,199 |
| Iran | 70 | 1:1,096,893 | 49,021 |
| Afghanistan | 65 | 1:494,664 | 6,293 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 1:5,762,706 | 35,301 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fanoos (540) may also be a first name.
Fanoos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanoos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fanoos (Hindi: फानूस) occurs in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanoos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 608,234th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,317,379 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Fanoos are found; 63 percent are found in West Asia and 63 percent are found in Levant. Fanoos is also the 362,702nd most commonly used given name globally, held by 540 people.
This surname is most frequent in Iraq, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 109,443. Other than Iraq Fanoos is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 14 percent live and Afghanistan, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fanoos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fanoos in the Hindi language | ||
| फानूस | phanusa | 96.3 |
| फानुस | phanusa | 3.7 |
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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 Fanoos
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