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 surname Farahia has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Farahia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farahia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 681,965th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. The surname Farahia is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Farahia live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Farahia is also the 512,632nd most common given name at a global level, held by 296 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 121,847. In Kenya Farahia is most frequent in: Mandera County, where 99 percent live, Garissa County, where 0 percent live and Lamu County, where 0 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common 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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