Farajou Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Farajou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 45 | 1:90,997 | 5,761 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Farajou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farajou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Farajou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﺟﻮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Farajou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. Farajou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Farajou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Farajou is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 90,997. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 38 percent reside, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 20 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Tunisia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farajou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farajou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﺟﻮ | frjw | 55 |
| ﻓﺮﺝ | frj | 15 |
| ﻓﺮﺍﺟﻮ | frajw | 15 |
| ﻓﺎﺭﺍﺟﻮ | farajw | 15 |
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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 Farajou
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