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
The last name Farahia is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Farahia.
How Common Is The Last Name Farahia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 681,965th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,714,555 people. The last name 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 common first name in the world, borne by 296 people.
The surname Farahia is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 121,847. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Mandera County, where 99 percent live, Garissa County, where 0 percent live and Lamu County, where 0 percent live. Beside Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It is also found 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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