Faransa Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Faransa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faransa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2141:827,77036,611
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Faransa (45) may also be a first name.

Faransa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Faransa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Faransa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faransa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,115,011th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name Faransa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Faransa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Faransa is also the 1,504,468th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 45 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 827,770. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 50 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 21 percent reside and Taraba, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Faransa
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