Farai Surname
Approximately 1,762 people bear this surname
Farai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 436 | 1:176,107 | 14,753 |
| Zimbabwe | 385 | 1:40,099 | 6,189 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Cameroon | 252 | 1:82,417 | 10,065 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Farai (48,562) may also be a first name.
Farai Demographics
Average Farai Salary in
Colombia
$22,267,000 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Farai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Farai (Hindi: फरई, Marathi: फरई, Russian: Фараи) is found most frequently in Iran. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 229,810th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,135,951 people. Farai is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Farai live; 25 percent live in South Asia and 25 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 18,981st most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 48,562 people.
It is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 436 people, or 1 in 176,107. In Iran Farai is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 41 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent live and Markazi Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Iran this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.
Farai Last Name Statistics demography
Farai earn marginally less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 1.92% less than the national average, earning $22,267,000 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farai in the Marathi language | ||
| फरई | phara'i | - |
| Farai in the Hindi language | ||
| फरई | phara'i | 85 |
| फराई | phara'i | 15 |
| Farai in the Russian language | ||
| Фараи | farai | - |
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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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- 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 Farai
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