Where Does The Last Name Farawa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Farawa (Arabic: فراوا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﺍﻭ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farawa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 2,909,720^th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Farawa reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Farawa is also the 448,097^th most widespread first name internationally, held by 375 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 44 percent are found, Kaduna, where 20 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 20 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.