Farama Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Farama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 205 | 1:89,522 | 2,981 |
| Romania | 93 | 1:215,891 | 21,129 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Fărâmă (3) are calculated separately.
Farama (605) may also be a first name.
Farama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farama (Hindi: फरमा, Marathi: फरमा) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Fărâmă. Click here for other possible spellings of Farama.
How Common Is The Last Name Farama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 718,674th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Farama are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 339,798th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 605 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 89,522. In Burkina Faso Farama is primarily found in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 71 percent live, Cascades Region, where 10 percent live and Centre Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 23 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farama in the Hindi language | ||
| फरमा | pharama | 93.55 |
| फरामा | pharama | 6.45 |
| Farama in the Marathi language | ||
| फरमा | pharama | 42.86 |
| फरामा | pharama | 14.29 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 14.29 |
| अरहीमान | arahimana | 14.29 |
| फारमा | pharama | 14.29 |
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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 Farama
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