Fanwu Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Fanwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fanwu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan751:312,5972,517
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fanwu (35) may also be a first name.

Fanwu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fanwu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fanwu occurs more in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fanwu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,152,526th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Fanwu live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Fanwu is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name globally, held by 35 people.

The last name Fanwu is most prevalent in Taiwan, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 312,597. In Taiwan it is primarily concentrated in: New Taipei City, where 19 percent live, Taoyuan City, where 16 percent live and Taichung City, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Taiwan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fanwou9129/
Fanwui913/
Fanweu912/
Vanwu806/
Fanvu802/
Fanbu801/
Fanbou7370/
Fanbeu7338/
Fanbui733/
Fahnbu733/
Fannbu731/
Famwou731/
Fonwou731/
Phanwut676/
Fanïvou671/
Fainbou671/
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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 Fanwu
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