Faou Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Faou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 571 | 1:116,327 | 17,517 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Faou (42) may also be a first name.
Faou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faou is found most in France. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 526,285th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. Faou is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Faou are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Faou is also the 1,566,439th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 42 people.
Faou is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 571 people, or 1 in 116,327. In France it is primarily found in: Brittany, where 61 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 10 percent are found. Excluding France this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 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 Faou
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