Faraax Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Faraax Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Faraax (160) may also be a first name.
Faraax Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faraax Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faraax is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faraax? popularity and diffusion
Faraax is the 1,189,614th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Faraax live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Faraax is also the 725,185th most commonly used forename at a global level It is held by 160 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 68,633. Not including Somalia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Eritrea, where 1 percent live and Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Faraax
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