Fanyam Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Fanyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 374 | 1:473,644 | 23,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fanyam (563) may also be a first name.
Fanyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fanyam is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fanyam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanyam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 761,666th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fanyam reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 354,031st most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 563 people.
The surname Fanyam is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 374 people, or 1 in 473,644. In Nigeria Fanyam is most prevalent in: Benue, where 98 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Fanyam exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 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 Fanyam
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