Faraha Surname
Approximately 778 people bear this surname
Faraha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 294 | 1:45,755 | 2,122 |
| India | 272 | 1:2,820,093 | 86,413 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Iran | 64 | 1:1,199,727 | 51,798 |
| Maldives | 28 | 1:14,435 | 1,039 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Faraha (7,638) may also be a first name.
Faraha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faraha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faraha (Arabic: فرها, Bengali: ফারাহা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﺍﺣﻪ, Hindi: फरहा, Marathi: फरहा, Oriya: ଫରହା) is most common in Somalia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faraha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 440,082nd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,367,026 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Faraha live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 38 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 73,274th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 7,638 people.
The surname Faraha is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is borne by 294 people, or 1 in 45,755. Aside from Somalia it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 35 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Faraha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Faraha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Faraha surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faraha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faraha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﺍﺣﻪ | frahh | - |
| Faraha in the Bengali language | ||
| ফারাহা | pharaha | - |
| Faraha in the Hindi language | ||
| फरहा | pharaha | 78.89 |
| फराहा | pharaha | 19.02 |
| फराह | pharaha | 1.25 |
| फारहा | pharaha | 0.52 |
| फरह | pharaha | 0.1 |
| Faraha in the Marathi language | ||
| फरहा | pharaha | 50.4 |
| फराहा | pharaha | 27.82 |
| फराह | pharaha | 10.48 |
| फरह | pharaha | 4.84 |
| फाराहा | pharaha | 0.81 |
| फ़रहा | faraha | 0.81 |
| ़फरहा | pharaha | 0.4 |
| परहा | paraha | 0.4 |
| अतहर | atahara | 0.4 |
| फारहा | pharaha | 0.4 |
| फारह | pharaha | 0.4 |
| Faraha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫରହା | pharaha | 44 |
| ଫାରାହା | pharaha | 28 |
| ଫାରହା | pharaha | 24 |
| ଫରାହା | pharaha | 4 |
| Faraha in the Arabic language | ||
| فرها | frha | - |
| فرحا | frha | - |
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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
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- 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 Faraha
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