Farau Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Farau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 145 | 1:138,468 | 14,909 |
| Zimbabwe | 111 | 1:139,083 | 18,071 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Farau (101) may also be a first name.
Farau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Farau (Hindi: ़्फरौ, Marathi: फराउ) occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Farau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 755,622nd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Farau live; 38 percent live in Eastern Europe and 38 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 940,641st most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 101 people.
Farau is most frequently held in Romania, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 138,468. In Romania Farau is most numerous in: Arad County, where 72 percent reside, Hunedoara County, where 26 percent reside and Timiș County, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Romania this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farau in the Hindi language | ||
| ़्फरौ | pharau | - |
| Farau in the Marathi language | ||
| फराउ | phara'u | 80 |
| फराऊ | phara'u | 20 |
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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 Farau
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