Farahia Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Farahia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 379 | 1:121,847 | 10,183 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Palestine | 9 | 1:505,428 | 12,843 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Farahia (296) may also be a first name.
Farahia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farahia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farahia is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Farahia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 681,965th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,714,555 people. Farahia is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Farahia are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 296 people.
Farahia is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 121,847. In Kenya Farahia is primarily found in: Mandera County, where 99 percent live, Garissa County, where 0 percent live and Lamu County, where 0 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in French Polynesia, where 7 percent live and Jordan, where 3 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 Farahia
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