Faol Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Faol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Faol Last Name Facts

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

Faol (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻳﻮﻝ) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Faol? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Faol reside; 53 percent reside in South Asia and 53 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 8,531,392. In Iran it is primarily found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 78 percent reside, Golestan Province, where 11 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 11 percent reside. Besides Iran this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fayol891,337/
Fahol89170/
Fajol89153/
Faaol8944/
Faole8940/
Faiol8913/
Faoul892/
Fahoul8019/
Fahool806/
Faijol803/
Faoule802/
Ffaaol801/
Fayoll801/
Fahoel800/
Foal754,375/
Vaol752/
Fauholt732/
Faijool731/
Faoille730/
Foale672,019/
Foual67417/
Fohal6777/
Fohol6744/
Vahol6723/
Fojol6711/
Faual673/
Phaol672/
Foaul671/
Foalh671/
Foaal671/
Vaoul671/
Faeal671/
Feyol671/
Foall670/

Faol Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Faol in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﺎﻳﻮﻝfaywl-

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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 Faol
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