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 last name Fanyam is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanyam? popularity and diffusion
Fanyam is the 761,666th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. Fanyam is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fanyam live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fanyam is also the 354,031st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 563 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 374 people, or 1 in 473,644. In Nigeria Fanyam is primarily found in: Benue, where 98 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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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